§ 162-32 – Bond of prisoner committed on capias in civil action.
162-32. Bond of prisoner committed on capias in civil action. Every bond given by any person committed in arrest and bail, or in custody after final judgment, shall be assigned by the sheriff to the party at whose instance such person was committed to jail, and shall be returned to the office of the clerk […]
§ 162-33 – Prisoner may furnish necessaries.
162-33. Prisoner may furnish necessaries. With the sheriff’s approval, prisoners shall be allowed to purchase and procure such necessaries, in addition to the diet furnished by the jailer, as they may think proper. (1795, c. 433, s. 6, P.R.; R.C., c. 87, s. 8; Code, s. 3463; Rev., s. 1344; C.S., s. 1348; 1973, c. […]
§ 162-34 – United States prisoners.
162-34. United States prisoners. When a prisoner is delivered to the keeper of the county jail by the authority of the United States, such keeper shall receive and commit such prisoner if the jail has adequate and available housing space. The keeper of the county jail shall not be subject to any pains or penalties […]
§ 162-35 – Arrest of escaped persons from penal institutions.
162-35. Arrest of escaped persons from penal institutions. Upon information received from the superintendent of any correctional or any penal institution, established by the laws of the State, that any person confined in such institution or assigned thereto by juvenile or other court under authority of law, has escaped therefrom and is still at large, […]
§ 162-36 – Transfer of prisoners to succeeding sheriff.
162-36. Transfer of prisoners to succeeding sheriff. The delivery of prisoners, by indenture between the late and present sheriff, or the entering on record in court the names of the several prisoners, and the causes of their commitment, delivered over to the present sheriff, shall be sufficient to discharge the late sheriff from all liability […]
§ 162-38 – Where jail unfit or insecure, courts may commit to jail of adjoining county.
162-38. Where jail unfit or insecure, courts may commit to jail of adjoining county. Whenever there is an unfit or insecure jail in any county, the judicial officers of such county may commit any persons brought before them, whether in a criminal or civil proceeding, to the jail of any adjoining county, for the same […]
§ 162-39 – Transfer of prisoners when necessary for safety and security; application of section to municipalities.
162-39. Transfer of prisoners when necessary for safety and security; application of section to municipalities. [Effective until January 1, 2023] (a) Whenever necessary for the safety of a prisoner held in any county jail or to avoid a breach of the peace in any county or whenever prisoners are arrested in such numbers that county […]
§ 162-40 – When jail destroyed, transfer of prisoners provided for.
162-40. When jail destroyed, transfer of prisoners provided for. When the jail of any county is destroyed by fire or other accident, any judicial officer of such county may cause all prisoners then confined therein to be brought before him. Upon the production of the process under which any prisoner was confined, such judicial officer […]
§ 162-40.1 – Reimbursement for transfer of prisoners.
162-40.1. Reimbursement for transfer of prisoners. The county receiving prisoners pursuant to G.S. 162-38, 162-39 and 162-40 shall be reimbursed at the usual jail fee rate for each 24 hours of confinement or part thereof by the county from which the prisoner is transferred. (1983, c. 670, s. 19.)