§ 15A-273. Basis for order. - North Carolina Statutes

§15A‑273.  Basis for order.

An order may issue only on anaffidavit or affidavits sworn to before the judge and establishing thefollowing grounds for the order:

(1)        That there isprobable cause to believe that a felony offense, or a Class A1 or Class 1 misdemeanoroffense has been committed;

(2)        That there arereasonable grounds to suspect that the person named or described in theaffidavit committed the offense; and

(3)        That the results ofspecific nontestimonial identification procedures will be of material aid indetermining whether the person named in the affidavit committed the offense. (1973,c. 1286, s. 1; 1997‑80, s. 14.)