GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
EXTRA SESSION 1994
CHAPTER 28
AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING THE CONCEALMENT OF MERCHANDISE IN MERCANTILE ESTABLISHMENTS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 14-72.1(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c) A merchant, or his
the merchant's agent or employee, or a peace officer who detains or
causes the arrest of any person shall not be held civilly liable for detention,
malicious prosecution, false imprisonment, or false arrest of the person
detained or arrested, where such detention is in a reasonable manner for a
reasonable length of time, if in detaining or in causing the arrest of such
person, the merchant, or his the merchant's agent or employee, or
the peace officer had at the time of the detention or arrest probable cause to
believe that the person committed the offense created by this section. If the
person being detained by the merchant, or his the merchant's agent
or employee, is a minor 16 years of age or younger, minor under the
age of 18 years, the merchant or his the merchant's agent or
employee, shall call or notify, or make a reasonable effort to call or notify
the parent or guardian of the minor, during the period of detention. A
merchant, or the merchant's agent or employee, who makes a reasonable effort to
call or notify the parent or guardian of the minor shall not be held civilly
liable for failing to notify the parent or guardian of the minor."
Sec. 2. This act becomes effective January 1, 1995, and applies to offenses occurring on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 26th day of March, 1994.
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Marc Basnight
President Pro Tempore of the Senate
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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives