North Carolina § 153A-436 - 1. SBI and State Crime Laboratory access to view and analyze recordings.
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§ 153A-436. 1. SBI and State Crime Laboratory access to view and analyze recordings.
The local law enforcement agency of any county that uses the services of the State Bureau of Investigation or the North Carolina State Crime Laboratory to analyze a recording covered by G.S. 132-1.4A shall, at no cost, provide access to a method to view and analyze the recording upon request of the State Bureau of Investigation or the North Carolina State Crime Laboratory. History (2016-88, s. 2(a).) Cross References. - As to rights of crim victims and witnesses, see G.S. 15A-824 et seq. As to various similar provisions pertaining to SBI and State Crime Laboratory access to view and analyze recordings, see G.S. 114-64 and G.S. 160A-490.1 . As to law enforcement agency recordings, see G.S. 132-1.4A. Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2016-88, s. 2(a), enacted this section as G.S. 153A-458. It was redesignated as this section at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes. Session Laws 2016-88, s. 5, made this section effective October 1, 2016, and applicable to all requests made on or after that date for the disclosure or release of a recording.
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