23-27. Proceeding on application.
At the hearing of the petition, if the prisoner has no visible estate, and takes and subscribes the oath or affirmation prescribed in this Article, the clerk of the superior court before whom he is brought, shall administer the oath or affirmation to him, and discharge him from imprisonment, of which an entry shall be made in the docket of the court. (1773, c. 100, s. 1, P.R.; 1808, c. 746, s. 2, P.R.; 1810, cc. 797, 802, P.R.; 1830, c. 33; 1838, c. 23; 1840, cc. 33, 34; 1852, c. 49; R.C., c. 59, s. 1; 1868-9, c. 162, s. 30; Code, s. 2971; Rev., s. 1918; C.S., s. 1635; 1971, c. 1190, s. 3.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 23 - Debtor and Creditor
Article 4 - Discharge of Insolvent Debtors.
§ 23-23 - Insolvent debtor's oath.
§ 23-24 - Persons imprisoned for nonpayment of costs in criminal cases.
§ 23-25 - Petition; before whom; notice; service.
§ 23-26 - Warrant issued for prisoner.
§ 23-27 - Proceeding on application.
§ 23-28 - Suggestion of fraud.
§ 23-29 - Persons taken in arrest and bail proceedings, or in execution.
§ 23-30 - When petition may be filed.
§ 23-30.1 - Provisional release.
§ 23-31 - Petition; contents; verification.
§ 23-32 - Notice; length of notice and to whom given.
§ 23-33 - Who may suggest fraud.
§ 23-34 - Where no suggestion of fraud, discharge granted.
§ 23-35 - Continuance granted for cause.
§ 23-36 - Where fraud in issue, discharge only after trial.