23-30. When petition may be filed.
Every person taken or charged as in the preceding section [ 23-29] specified may, at any time after his arrest or imprisonment, petition the court from which the process issued on which he is arrested or imprisoned, for his discharge therefrom, on his compliance with this chapter. (R.C., c. 59, s. 3; 1868-9, c. 162, s. 11; Code, s. 2952; Rev., s. 1921; C.S., s. 1638.)
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.