North Carolina § 17E-14 - Special requirements; authorizations.

§ 17E-14. Special requirements; authorizations.

Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed as a condition precedent to the taking of the oath of office or the exercise of the powers, duties or privileges of the offices of sheriff or justice officer. Any sheriff or justice officer, who has taken the oath of office, or person who has received a special deputation for the purpose from the sheriff, acts validly, and his arrests, executions, levies and sales are valid, without regard to whether he has complied with this Chapter or the rules or regulations adopted under this Chapter, unless he has been ordered to cease and desist from such actions by the court, or pursuant to G.S. 17E-9. History (1983, c. 558, s. 1; 1995, c. 103, s. 8; 2021-107, s. 3(b).) Opinions of Attorney General Deputization of Citizens to Recapture Escaped Inmates. - The state or a local government cannot provide to a private prison operator the authority to deputize citizens to assist its employees in recapturing escaped inmates. See opinion of Attorney General to Senator Frank W. Ballance, Jr. and Representative E. David Redwine, 2001 N.C. AG LEXIS 5 (3/28/2001). Editor's Note. - This section is former G.S. 17E-8. It was recodified in Article 2 of Chapter 17E by Session Laws 2021-107, s. 3(b), effective October 1, 2021, and applicable to elections and appointments to the office of sheriff on or after that date, and was renumbered as this section at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes.