A county that provides the personnel, equipment, and other costs of providing electronic monitoring as a condition of an offender's bond or pretrial release may collect a fee from the offender that is the lesser of the amount of the jail fee authorized in G.S. 7A-313 or the actual cost of providing the electronic monitoring. A county may not collect a fee from an offender who is determined to be indigent and entitled to court-appointed counsel.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-313.1
Fee for costs of electronic monitoring
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Berthier v. People of the Virgin Islands (2024)
Most recently applied in Berthier v. People of the Virgin Islands (December 2024)
2011-378, s. 1.
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.