N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-8

Remedies not merged

C.C.P., s. 7; Code, s. 131; Rev., s. 353; C.S., s. 398.

Where the violation of a right admits both of a civil and a criminal remedy, the right to prosecute the one is not merged in the other.

Official source: North Carolina General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain North Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.