GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1991 SESSION
CHAPTER 326
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 15A-146(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a) If any person is
charged with a crime, either a misdemeanor or a felony, and the charge is
dismissed, or a finding of not guilty is entered, that person may apply to the
court of the county where the charge was brought for an order to expunge from
all official records any entries relating to his apprehension or trial. The
court shall hold a hearing on the application and, upon finding that the person
had not previously received an expungement and that the person had not
previously been convicted of any felony or misdemeanor other than a traffic
violation under the laws of the United States, this State, or any other
state, the court shall order the expunction. No person as to whom such an
order has been entered shall be held thereafter under any provision of any law
to be guilty of perjury, or to be guilty of otherwise giving a false statement
or response to any inquiry made for any purpose, by reason of his failure to
recite or acknowledge any expunged entries concerning apprehension or
trial."
Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 19th day of June, 1991.
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James C. Gardner
President of the Senate
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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives