North Carolina General Statutes 1-423. Qualifications of bail
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The qualifications of bail must be as follows:
(1) Each of them must be a resident and freeholder within the State
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 1-423
- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
- property: shall include all property, both real and personal. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
(2) They must each be worth the amount specified in the order of arrest, exclusive of property exempt from execution; but the judge, on justification, may allow more than two bail to justify severally in amounts less than that expressed in the order, if the whole justification is equivalent to that of two sufficient bail. (C.C.P., s. 164; Code, s. 306; Rev., s. 740; C.S., s. 781.)