2005 North Carolina Code - General Statutes § 15A-735. Commitment to await requisition; bail.

§ 15A‑735.  Commitment to await requisition; bail.

If from the examination before the judge or magistrate it appears that the person held is the person charged with having committed the crime alleged and, except in cases arising under G.S. 15A‑726, that he has fled from justice, the judge or magistrate must, by a warrant reciting the accusation, commit him to the county jail for such a time, not exceeding 30 days and specified in the warrant, as will enable the arrest of the accused to be made under a warrant of the Governor on a requisition of the executive authority of the state  having jurisdiction of the offense, unless the accused give bail as provided in G.S. 15A‑736, or until he shall be legally discharged. (1937, c. 273, s. 15; 1973, c. 1286, s. 16.)