Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 53B-7

  • Customer: means a person who has transacted business with a financial institution or has used the services offered by a financial institution. See North Carolina General Statutes 53B-2
  • Financial institution: means a banking corporation, trust company, savings and loan association, credit union, or other entity principally engaged in the business of lending money or receiving or soliciting money on deposit. See North Carolina General Statutes 53B-2
  • Government authority: means an agency or department of the State or of any of its political subdivisions, including any officer, employee, or agent thereof. See North Carolina General Statutes 53B-2
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.

(a) Within 10 days after service of a court order or subpoena under this Chapter a customer may apply to the superior court of the county in which he resides for an order quashing or modifying the court order or subpoena. The customer shall deliver or mail a copy of the application to the government authority and the financial institution named in the court order or subpoena. The superior court shall grant or deny the application within 10 days after it is filed.

(b) Nothing in this Chapter affects the right of a financial institution to challenge a request for financial records by a government authority under existing law. (1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 1002, s. 1.)