A person brought into this State by, or after waiver of, extradition based on a criminal charge shall not be subject to service of personal process in civil actions arising out of the same facts as the criminal proceedings to answer which he is being or has been returned until he has been convicted in the criminal proceeding or, if acquitted, until he has had reasonable opportunity to return to the state from which he was extradited.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-745
Immunity from service of process in certain civil actions
Known as the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act
The act spans §§ 15–15 (30 sections).
1937, c. 273, s. 25; 1973, c. 1286, s. 16.
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.