GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION

CHAPTER 259
HOUSE BILL 427

AN ACT TO ALLOW JUDICIAL OFFICIALS TO PLACE RESTRICTIONS ON DEFENDANTS WHO POST SECURED BOND.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 15A-534(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	In determining conditions of pretrial release a judicial official must impose one of the following conditions:
(1)	Release the defendant on his written promise to appear.
(2)	Release the defendant upon his execution of an unsecured appearance bond in an amount specified by the judicial official.
(3)	Place the defendant in the custody of a designated person or organization agreeing to supervise him.
(4)	Require the execution of an appearance bond in a specified amount secured by a cash deposit of the full amount of the bond, by a mortgage pursuant to G.S. 109-25, or by at least one solvent surety.
If condition (3) is imposed, however, the defendant may elect to execute an appearance bond under subdivision (4). The judicial official may also place restrictions on the travel, associations, conduct, or place of abode of the defendant, as conditions of pretrial release."
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1989.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 7th day of June, 1989.