§ 162-40. When jail destroyed, transfer of prisoners provided for. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 162‑40.  Whenjail destroyed, transfer of prisoners provided for.

When the jail of any county is destroyed by fire or other accident, anyjudicial officer of such county may cause all prisoners then confined thereinto be brought before him. Upon the production of the process under which anyprisoner was confined, such judicial officer shall order his commitment to thejail of any adjacent county. The sheriff or other officer of the countydeputized for that purpose shall obey the order; and the sheriff or keeper ofthe common jail of such adjacent county shall receive such prisoners consistentwith those provisions of G.S. 162‑38. (1835, c. 2, s. 1; R.C., c. 87, s. 2; Code, s. 3457; Rev., s. 1351;C.S., s. 1355; 1973, c. 57, s. 3; c. 822, s. 3; 1983, c. 670, s. 18.)