North Carolina § 7A-109 - 3. Delivery of commitment order.

§ 7A-109. 3. Delivery of commitment order.

Whenever the district court sentences a person to imprisonment and commitment to the custody of the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety pursuant to G.S. 15A-1352, the clerk of superior court shall furnish the sheriff with the signed order of commitment within 48 hours of the issuance of the sentence. If the district court sentences a person under the age of 18 to imprisonment and commitment, the clerk of superior court shall furnish the detention facility approved by the Juvenile Justice Section of the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice with the signed order of commitment within 48 hours of the issuance of the sentence. Whenever the superior court sentences a person to imprisonment and commitment to the custody of the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety pursuant to G.S. 15A-1352, the clerk of superior court shall furnish the sheriff with the signed order of commitment within 72 hours of the issuance of the sentence. If the superior court sentences a person under the age of 18 to imprisonment and commitment, the clerk of superior court shall furnish the detention facility approved by the Juvenile Justice Section of the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice with the signed order of commitment within 48 hours of the issuance of the sentence. History (1999-237, s. 18.10(c); 2011-145, s. 19.1(h); 2017-186, s. 2(b); 2020-83, s. 8(a).) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2020-83, s. 8(a), added a subsection (b1) to this section. It was redesignated as subsection (c) at the direction of the Revisor of statutes. Session Laws 2020-83, s. 8(p), made the amendment of this section by Session Laws 2020-83, s. 8(a), effective August 1, 2020, and applicable to offenses committed, sentences imposed, and any other orders of imprisonment issued on or after that date. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2011-145, s. 19.1(h), effective January 1, 2012, substituted "Division of Adult Correction of the Department of Public Safety" for "Department of Correction" in subsections (a) and (b). Session Laws 2017-186, s. 2(b), effective December 1, 2017, inserted "and Juvenile Justice" throughout the section. Session Laws 2020-83, s. 8(a), added subsections (a1) and (b1). For effective date and applicability, and redesignation of subsection (b1) as subsection (c), see editor's notes.