2005 North Carolina Code - General Statutes § 53-121. Examiners may make arrest.

§ 53‑121.  Examiners may make arrest.

When it shall appear to any examiner, by examination or otherwise, that any officer, agent, employee, director, stockholder, or owner of any bank has been guilty of a violation of the criminal laws of this State relating to banks, it shall be his duty, and he is hereby empowered to hold and detain such person or persons until a warrant can be procured for his arrest; and for such purposes such examiners shall have and possess all the powers of peace officers of such county, and may make arrest without warrant for past offenses. Upon report of his action to the Commissioner of Banks, said Commissioner may direct the release of the person or persons so held, or, if in his judgment such person or persons should be prosecuted, the Commissioner of Banks shall cause the district attorney of the prosecutorial district in which such detention is had to be promptly notified, and the action against such person or persons shall be continued a reasonable time to enable the district attorney to be present at the trial. (1921, c. 4, s. 76; C.S., s. 223(e); 1931, c. 243, s. 5; 1973, c. 47, s. 2; 1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 1037, s. 91.)