North Carolina General Statutes
Article 26 - Bail.
§ 15A-538 - Modification of order on motion of person detained; substitution of surety.

15A-538. Modification of order on motion of person detained; substitution of surety.
(a) A person who is detained or objects to the conditions required for his release which were imposed or allowed to stand by order of a district court judge may apply in writing to a superior court judge to modify the order.
(b) The power to modify an order includes the power to substitute sureties upon any bond. Substitution or addition of acceptable sureties may be made at the request of any obligor on a bond or, in the interests of justice, at the request of a prosecutor under the provisions of G.S. 15A-539. (1973, c. 1286, s. 1; 1975, c. 166, s. 27.)

Structure North Carolina General Statutes

North Carolina General Statutes

Chapter 15A - Criminal Procedure Act

Article 26 - Bail.

§ 15A-531 - Definitions.

§ 15A-532 - Persons authorized to determine conditions for release.

§ 15A-533 - Right to pretrial release in capital and noncapital cases.

§ 15A-534 - (Effective until January 1, 2023) Procedure for determining conditions of pretrial release.

§ 15A-534.1 - (Effective until January 1, 2023) Crimes of domestic violence; bail and pretrial release.

§ 15A-534.2 - Detention of impaired drivers.

§ 15A-534.3 - Detention for communicable diseases.

§ 15A-534.4 - Sex offenses and crimes of violence against child victimsbail and pretrial release.

§ 15A-534.5 - Detention to protect public health.

§ 15A-534.6 - Bail in cases of manufacture of methamphetamine.

§ 15A-534.7 - Communicating a threat of mass violence; bail and pretrial release.

§ 15A-535 - Issuance of policies on pretrial release.

§ 15A-536 - Release after conviction in the superior court.

§ 15A-537 - Persons authorized to effect release.

§ 15A-538 - Modification of order on motion of person detained; substitution of surety.

§ 15A-539 - Modification upon motion of prosecutor.

§ 15A-540 - Surrender of a defendant by a surety; setting new conditions of release.

§ 15A-541 - Persons prohibited from becoming surety.

§ 15A-542 - False qualification by surety.

§ 15A-543 - Penalties for failure to appear.

§ 15A-544.1 - Forfeiture jurisdiction.

§ 15A-544.2 - Identifying information on bond.

§ 15A-544.3 - Entry of forfeiture.

§ 15A-544.4 - Notice of forfeiture.

§ 15A-544.5 - Setting aside forfeiture.

§ 15A-544.6 - Final judgment of forfeiture.

§ 15A-544.7 - Docketing and enforcement of final judgment of forfeiture.

§ 15A-544.8 - Relief from final judgment of forfeiture.

§ 15A-546 - Contempt.

§ 15A-547 - Right to habeas corpus.

§ 15A-547.1 - Remit bail bond if defendant sentenced to community or intermediate punishment.