7B-2103. Authority to issue nontestimonial identification order where juvenile alleged to be delinquent.
Except as provided in G.S. 7B-2102 or G.S. 15A-284.52(c1), nontestimonial identification procedures shall not be conducted on any juvenile without a court order issued pursuant to this Article unless the juvenile has been charged as an adult or transferred to superior court for trial as an adult in which case procedures applicable to adults, as set out in Articles 14 and 23 of Chapter 15A of the General Statutes, shall apply. A nontestimonial identification order authorized by this Article may be issued by any judge of the district court or of the superior court upon request of a prosecutor. As used in this Article, "nontestimonial identification" means identification by fingerprints, palm prints, footprints, measurements, blood specimens, urine specimens, saliva samples, hair samples, or other reasonable physical examination, handwriting exemplars, voice samples, photographs, and lineups or similar identification procedures requiring the presence of a juvenile. (1979, c. 815, s. 1; 1981, c. 454, s. 1; 1998-202, s. 6; 2019-47, s. 1.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Article 21 - Law Enforcement Procedures in Delinquency Proceedings.
§ 7B-2100 - Role of the law enforcement officer.
§ 7B-2101 - Interrogation procedures.
§ 7B-2102 - Fingerprinting and photographing juveniles.
§ 7B-2104 - Time of application for nontestimonial identification order.
§ 7B-2105 - Grounds for nontestimonial identification order.
§ 7B-2106 - Issuance of order.
§ 7B-2107 - Nontestimonial identification order at request of juvenile.
§ 7B-2108 - Destruction of records resulting from nontestimonial identification procedures.