§ 15-206. Cooperation with Department of Correction and officials of local units. - North Carolina Statutes

§15‑206.  Cooperation with Department of Correction and officials of localunits.

It shall be the duty of theSecretary of Correction and the Department of Correction to cooperate with eachother to the end that the purposes of probation and parole may be moreeffectively carried out. When requested, each shall make available to the othercase records in his possession, and in cases of emergency, where time andexpense can be saved, shall provide investigation service.

It is hereby made the duty ofevery city, county, or State official or department to render all assistanceand cooperation within his or its fundamental power which may further theobjects of this Article. The State Department of Correction, the Secretary ofCorrection, and the probation officers are authorized to seek the cooperationof such officials and departments, and especially of the county superintendentsof social services and of the Department of Health and Human Services. (1937,c. 132, s. 10; 1961, c. 139, s. 2; 1969, c. 982; 1973, c. 476, s. 138; c. 1262,s. 10; 1997‑443, s. 11A.118(a).)