2009 North Carolina Code
Chapter 127A - Militia.
§ 127A-150. Immunity of guardsmen from civil and criminal liability.
§ 127A‑150. Immunity of guardsmen from civil and criminal liability.
(a) A member of the North Carolina National Guard or State defense militia, while acting in aid of civil authorities and in the line of duty, shall have the immunities of a law‑enforcement officer.
(b) Whenever members of the North Carolina National Guard or State defense militia are called upon to execute the laws, engage in disaster relief, suppress or prevent actual or threatened riot or insurrection, repel invasion, apprehend or disburse [disperse] any sniper, rioters, mob or unlawful assembly, they shall have the immunities of a law‑enforcement officer.
(c) Any civil claim against a member of the National Guard or State defense militia allegedly arising from the action or inaction of such member of the National Guard or State defense militia while in line of duty shall be filed within two years of the date of the occurrence or forever barred. (1969, c. 969; 1975, c. 604, s. 2; 2009‑281, s. 1.)
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