{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-8-103","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 8-103","heading":"Courier service and contract carriers.","body":"For purposes of maintaining a chain of custody for any item of evidence, depositing the item with the State courier service operated by the Department of Administration or a common or contract carrier shall be considered the same as depositing such item in first class United States mail. (1983, c. 375, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 8. Evidence.","Article 14. Chain of Custody."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_8/GS_8-103.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:55:37Z","sha256":"a0b0e955547bd406c2a55a465554cca952924f499ab1f6f92c6f65549e9dbdd6","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-8-102","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-8-104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}