North Carolina § 17-38 No second committal after discharge; penalty

North Carolina Statutes

§ 17-38 — No second committal after discharge; penalty

North Carolina § 17-38

Ch. 17Habeas Corpus

Art. 6Proceedings and Judgment

This text of North Carolina § 17-38 (No second committal after discharge; penalty) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering North Carolina primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 17-38 (2026).

Text

No person who has been set at large upon any writ of habeas corpus shall be again imprisoned or detained for the same cause by any person whatsoever other than by the legal order or process of the court wherein he shall be bound by recognizance to appear or of any other court having jurisdiction in the case, under the penalty of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) to the party aggrieved thereby. (1868-9, c. 116, s. 26; Code, s. 1651; Rev., s. 1852; C.S., s. 2240.)
§§ 17-39 through 17-40. Repealed by Session Laws 1967, c. 1153, s. 1.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

No person who has been set at large upon any writ of habeas corpus shall be again imprisoned or detained for the same cause by any person whatsoever other than by the legal order or process of the court wherein he shall be bound by recognizance to appear or of any other court having jurisdiction in the case, under the penalty of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) to the party aggrieved thereby. (1868-9, c. 116, s. 26; Code, s. 1651; Rev., s. 1852; C.S., s. 2240.)
§§ 17-39 through 17-40. Repealed by Session Laws 1967, c. 1153, s. 1.