NC 15A-245. - NC 15A-245.

§ 15A-245. Basis for issuance of a search warrant; duty of the issuing official. (a) Before acting on the application, the issuing official may examine on oath the applicant or any other person who may possess pertinent information, but information other than that contained in the affidavit may not be considered by the issuing official in determining whether probable cause exists for the issuance of the warrant unless the information is either recorded or contemporaneously summarized in the record or on the face of the warrant by the issuing official. The information must be shown by one or both of the following: (1) Affidavit. (2) Oral testimony under oath or affirmation before the issuing official. (3) Repealed by Session Laws 2021-47, s. 10(c), effective June 18, 2021, and applicable to...