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2021 North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 17 - Habeas Corpus
Article 5 - Enforcement of Writ.
§ 17-18 - Attachment against sheriff to be directed to coroner; procedure.
Universal Citation: NC Gen Stat § 17-18 (2021)
17-18. Attachment against sheriff to be directed to coroner; procedure.
If a sheriff has neglected to return the writ agreeably to the command thereof, the attachment against him may be directed to the coroner or to any other person to be designated therein, who shall have power to execute the same, and such sheriff, upon being brought up, may be committed to the jail of any county other than his own.
(1868-9, c. 116, s. 16; Code, s. 1639; Rev., s. 1836; C.S., s. 2220.)
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