The sheriff shall execute the order by arresting the defendant and keeping him in custody until discharged by law. The sheriff may call the power of the county to his aid in the execution of the arrest.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-415
Execution of order
C.C.P., s. 155; Code, s. 297; Rev., s. 733; C.S., s. 773.
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