The Director of the State Bureau of Investigation or the Director’s designee may issue an administrative subpoena to a communications common carrier or an electronic communications service to compel production of business records if the records:

(1)        Disclose information concerning local or long-distance toll records or subscriber information; and

(2)        Are material to an active criminal investigation being conducted by the State Bureau of Investigation. ?(1995, c. 407, s. 1; 1997-435, s. 4; 2014-100, s. 17.1(ee); 2015-276, s. 4.)

Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 15A-298

  • Electronic: means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, Internet, or similar capabilities. See North Carolina General Statutes 15A-101.1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
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