15A-542. False qualification by surety.
(a) No person may sign an appearance bond as surety knowing or having reason to know that he does not own sufficient property over and above his exemption allowed by law to enable him to pay the bond should it be ordered forfeited.
(b) A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1973, c. 1286, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 300; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 15A - Criminal Procedure Act
§ 15A-532 - Persons authorized to determine conditions for release.
§ 15A-533 - Right to pretrial release in capital and noncapital cases.
§ 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-547 - Right to habeas corpus.
§ 15A-547.1 - Remit bail bond if defendant sentenced to community or intermediate punishment.