North Carolina Criminal Law

Local law enforcement officers do not have statewide territorial jurisdiction to arrest. Instead, they generally are authorized to arrest only within the jurisdictional boundaries of the city or county they […]

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This post reviews what is commonly known as “hot pursuit” of a suspect to make an arrest outside an officer’s territorial jurisdiction. Note, however, that the actual term in G.S. […]

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I’ve had several questions recently about the territorial jurisdiction of municipal police in areas outside city limits. This post sums up the law.

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Local law enforcement officers have a little bit of extra territorial jurisdiction when it comes to investigating impaired driving.  That grant of extra territorial jurisdiction (as opposed to extraterritorial jurisdiction, […]

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