North Carolina § 14-415 - 27. Expanded permit scope for certain persons.

§ 14-415. 27. Expanded permit scope for certain persons.

Notwithstanding G.S. 14-415.11(c) , any of the following persons who has a concealed handgun permit issued pursuant to this Article or that is considered valid under G.S. 14-415.24 is not subject to the area prohibitions set out in G.S. 14-415.11(c) and may carry a concealed handgun in the areas listed in G.S. 14-415.11(c) unless otherwise prohibited by federal law: A district attorney. An assistant district attorney. An investigator employed by the office of a district attorney. A North Carolina district or superior court judge. A magistrate. A person who is elected and serving as a clerk of court. A person who is elected and serving as a register of deeds. A person employed by the Department of Public Safety who has been designated in writing by the Secretary of the Department and who has in the person's possession written proof of the designation. A North Carolina administrative law judge. History (2011-268, s. 22(b); 2011-326, s. 21; 2013-369, s. 22; 2015-195, s. 1(c).) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2015-195, s. 18, made subdivisions (8) and (9), as added by Session Laws 2015-195, s. 1(c), applicable to offenses committed on or after July 1, 2015, and provided that: "Prosecutions for offenses committed before the effective date of this act are not abated or affected by this act, and the statutes that would be applicable but for this act remain applicable to those prosecutions." Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2011-326, s. 21, substituted "area" for "restrictions and" preceding "prohibitions set out in G.S. 14-415.11 ." Session Laws 2013-369, s. 22, effective October 1, 2013, substituted "certain persons" for "district attorneys, assistant district attorneys, and investigators employed by office of the district attorney" in the section heading, substituted "of the following persons" for "person who is a district attorney, an assistant district attorney, or an investigator employed by the office of a district attorney and"; and added subdivisions (1) through (7). For applicability, see Editor's note. Session Laws 2015-195, s. 1(c), effective July 1, 2015, added subdivisions (8) and (9). For applicability, see editor's note.