North Carolina General Statutes 42-72. Availability of law enforcement resources to plaintiffs or potential plaintiffs
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 42-72
- Criminal activity: means (i) activity that would constitute a violation of N. See North Carolina General Statutes 42-59
- leased residential premises: means a house, building, mobile home, or apartment, whether publicly or privately owned, which is leased for residential purposes. See North Carolina General Statutes 42-59
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- Testify: Answer questions in court.
A law enforcement agency may make available to any person or entity authorized to bring an action pursuant to this Article any police report or edited portion thereof, or forensic laboratory report or edited portion thereof, concerning criminal activity committed on or in the immediate vicinity of the leased residential premises. A law enforcement agency may also make any officer or officers available to testify as a fact witness or expert witness in a civil action brought pursuant to this Article. The agency shall not disclose such information where, in the agency’s opinion, such disclosure would jeopardize an investigation, prosecution, or other proceeding, or where such disclosure would violate any federal or State statute. (1995, c. 419, s. 1.)