NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 269

SENATE BILL 608

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR ISSUANCE OF JUVENILE PETITIONS IN AFTER-HOUR EMERGENCIES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 7A-281 is amended by inserting a new paragraph between the two existing paragraphs of said section as follows:

"When the office of the clerk of superior court is closed, a magistrate or other court official or officials may be authorized by the chief judge of the district court to issue juvenile petitions when requested by a juvenile probation officer, a representative of the County Department of Social Services or a law enforcement officer. Such authority is limited to emergency situations such as cases where a petition is required in order to detain a child after hours. Any juvenile petition so issued shall be delivered to the office of the clerk of superior court for customary processing as soon as said office is open for business."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 26th day of April, 1973.