NC 15A-151.5. - NC 15A-151.5.

§ 15A-151.5. Prosecutor access to expunged files. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the Administrative Office of the Courts shall make all confidential files maintained under G.S. 15A-151 electronically available to all prosecutors of this State. (b) For any expungement granted on or after July 1, 2018, the record of a criminal conviction expunged under this Article may be considered a prior conviction and used for any of the following purposes: (1) To calculate prior record level and prior conviction level if the named person is convicted of a subsequent criminal offense. (2) To serve as a basis for indictment for a habitual offense pursuant to G.S. 14-7.1 or G.S. 14-7.26. (3) When a conviction of a prior offense raises the offense level of a subsequent offense. (4)...