North Carolina § 15A-814 Exemption from arrest and service of process

North Carolina Statutes

§ 15A-814 — Exemption from arrest and service of process

North Carolina § 15A-814

Ch. 15ACriminal Procedure Act

Art. 43Uniform Act to Secure Attendance of Witnesses from Without a State in Criminal Proceedings

Subch. VIIIATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES; DEPOSITIONS

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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-814 (2026).

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If a person comes into this State in obedience to a summons directing him to attend and testify in this State he shall not, while in this State pursuant to such summons, be subject to arrest or the service of process, civil or criminal, in connection with matters which arose before his entrance into this State under the summons.
If a person passes through this State while going to another state in obedience to a summons to attend and testify in that state, or while returning therefrom, he shall not while so passing through this State be subject to arrest or the service of process, civil or criminal, in connection with matters which arose before his entrance into this State under the summons. (1937, c. 217, s. 4; 1973, c. 1286, s. 9.)

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If a person comes into this State in obedience to a summons directing him to attend and testify in this State he shall not, while in this State pursuant to such summons, be subject to arrest or the service of process, civil or criminal, in connection with matters which arose before his entrance into this State under the summons.
If a person passes through this State while going to another state in obedience to a summons to attend and testify in that state, or while returning therefrom, he shall not while so passing through this State be subject to arrest or the service of process, civil or criminal, in connection with matters which arose before his entrance into this State under the summons. (1937, c. 217, s. 4; 1973, c. 1286, s. 9.)