Chapter 8

116 published sections.

Article 1 - Statutes

N.C.G.S. § 8-1 — Printed statutes and certified copies evidence.
N.C.G.S. § 8-2 — Martin's collection of private acts.
N.C.G.S. § 8-3 — Laws of other states or foreign countries.
N.C.G.S. § 8-4 — Judicial notice of laws of United States, other states and foreign countries.
N.C.G.S. § 8-5 — Town ordinances certified.

Article 2 - Grants, Deeds and Wills

N.C.G.S. § 8-6 — Copies certified by Secretary of State or State Archivist.
N.C.G.S. § 8-7 — Certified copies of grants and abstracts.
N.C.G.S. § 8-8 — Certified copies of grants and abstracts recorded.
N.C.G.S. § 8-9 — Copies of grants certified by clerk of Secretary of State validated.
N.C.G.S. § 8-10 — Copies of grants in Burke.
N.C.G.S. § 8-11 — Copies of grants in Moore.
N.C.G.S. § 8-12 — Copies of grants in Onslow.
N.C.G.S. § 8-13 — Certain deeds dated before 1835 evidence of due execution.
N.C.G.S. § 8-14 — Certified copies of maps of Cherokee lands.
N.C.G.S. § 8-15 — Certified copies of certain surveys and maps obtained from the State of Tennessee.
N.C.G.S. § 8-16 — Evidence of title under H.E. McCulloch grants.
N.C.G.S. § 8-17 — Conveyances or certified copies evidence of title under McCulloch.
N.C.G.S. § 8-18 — Certified copies of registered instruments evidence.
N.C.G.S. § 8-19 — Common survey of contiguous tracts evidence.
N.C.G.S. § 8-21 — Deeds and records thereof lost, presumed to be in due form.
N.C.G.S. § 8-22 — Local: recitals in tax deeds in Haywood and Henderson.
N.C.G.S. § 8-22.1 — Local: tax deeds in Richmond.
N.C.G.S. § 8-23 — Local: copies of records from Tyrrell.
N.C.G.S. § 8-24 — Local: records of partition in Duplin.
N.C.G.S. § 8-25 — Local: records of wills in Duplin.
N.C.G.S. § 8-26 — Local: records of deeds and wills in Anson.
N.C.G.S. § 8-27 — Local: records of wills in Brunswick.
N.C.G.S. § 8-28 — Copies of wills.
N.C.G.S. § 8-29 — Copies of wills in Secretary of State's office.
N.C.G.S. § 8-30 — Copies of wills recorded in wrong county.
N.C.G.S. § 8-31 — Copy of will proved and lost before recorded.
N.C.G.S. § 8-32 — Certified copies of deeds and wills from other states.
N.C.G.S. § 8-33 — Copies of lost records in Bladen.

Article 3 - Public Records

N.C.G.S. § 8-34 — Copies of official writings.
N.C.G.S. § 8-35 — Authenticated copies of public records.
N.C.G.S. § 8-35.1 — Division of Motor Vehicles' record admissible as prima facie evidence of convictions of offenses involving impaired driving.
N.C.G.S. § 8-35.2 — Records of clerk of court criminal index admissible in certain cases.
N.C.G.S. § 8-36 — Authenticated copy of record of administration.
N.C.G.S. § 8-37 — Certificate of Commissioner of Motor Vehicles as to ownership of automobile.

Article 3A - Findings, Records and Reports of Federal Officers and Employees

N.C.G.S. § 8-37.1 — Finding of presumed death.
N.C.G.S. § 8-37.2 — Report or record that person missing, interned, captured, etc.
N.C.G.S. § 8-37.3 — Deemed signed and issued pursuant to law; evidence of authority to certify.

Article 4 - Other Writings in Evidence

N.C.G.S. § 8-39 — Parol evidence to identify land described.
N.C.G.S. § 8-41 — Bills of lading in evidence.
N.C.G.S. § 8-42 — Book accounts under sixty dollars.
N.C.G.S. § 8-43 — Book accounts proved by personal representative.
N.C.G.S. § 8-44 — Copies of book accounts in evidence.
N.C.G.S. § 8-44.1 — Hospital medical records.
N.C.G.S. § 8-45 — Itemized and verified accounts.

Article 4A - Photographic Copies of Business and Public Records

N.C.G.S. § 8-45.1 — Photographic reproductions admissible; destruction of originals.
N.C.G.S. § 8-45.2 — Uniformity of interpretation.
N.C.G.S. § 8-45.3 — Photographic reproduction of records of Department of Revenue and Division of Employment Security.
N.C.G.S. § 8-45.4 — Title of Article.

Article 4B - Evidence of Fraud, Duress, Undue Influence

N.C.G.S. § 8-45.5 — Statements, releases, etc., obtained from persons in shock or under the influence of drugs; fraud presumed.

Article 5 - Life Tables

N.C.G.S. § 8-46 — Mortality tables as evidence.
N.C.G.S. § 8-47 — Present worth of annuities.

Article 6 - Calendars

N.C.G.S. § 8-48 — Clark's Calendar; proof of dates.

Article 7 - Competency of Witnesses

N.C.G.S. § 8-49 — Witness not excluded by interest or crime.
N.C.G.S. § 8-50 — Parties competent as witnesses.
N.C.G.S. § 8-50.1 — Competency of blood tests; jury charge; taxing of expenses as costs.
N.C.G.S. § 8-50.2 — Results of speed-measuring instruments; admissibility.
N.C.G.S. § 8-50.4 — Results of electronic speed-measuring instruments to enforce speed limits in school zones; admissibility.
N.C.G.S. § 8-51.1 — Dying declarations.
N.C.G.S. § 8-53 — Communications between health care provider and patient.
N.C.G.S. § 8-53.1 — Physician-patient and nurse privilege; limitations.
N.C.G.S. § 8-53.2 — Communications between clergymen and communicants.
N.C.G.S. § 8-53.3 — Communications between psychologist and client or patient.
N.C.G.S. § 8-53.4 — School counselor privilege.
N.C.G.S. § 8-53.5 — Communications between licensed marital and family therapist and client(s).
N.C.G.S. § 8-53.6 — No disclosure in alimony and divorce actions.
N.C.G.S. § 8-53.7 — Social worker privilege.
N.C.G.S. § 8-53.8 — Counselor privilege.
N.C.G.S. § 8-53.9 — Optometrist/patient privilege.
N.C.G.S. § 8-53.10 — Peer support group counselors.
N.C.G.S. § 8-53.11 — Persons, companies, or other entities engaged in gathering or dissemination of news.
N.C.G.S. § 8-53.12 — Communications with agents of rape crisis centers and domestic violence programs privileged.
N.C.G.S. § 8-53.13 — Nurse privilege.
N.C.G.S. § 8-53.14 — Communications between behavior analyst and client or patient.
N.C.G.S. § 8-54 — Defendant in criminal action competent but not compellable to testify.
N.C.G.S. § 8-55 — Testimony enforced in certain criminal investigations; immunity.
N.C.G.S. § 8-56 — Husband and wife as witnesses in civil action.
N.C.G.S. § 8-57 — Husband and wife as witnesses in criminal actions.
N.C.G.S. § 8-57.1 — Husband-wife privilege waived in child abuse.
N.C.G.S. § 8-57.2 — Presumed father or mother as witnesses where paternity at issue.
N.C.G.S. § 8-58.1 — Injured party as witness when medical charges at issue.

Article 7C - Admissibility of Forensic Evidence

N.C.G.S. § 8-58.20 — Forensic analysis admissible as evidence.

Article 7D - Environmental Audit Privilege and Limited Immunity

N.C.G.S. § 8-58.50 — (Article has a contingent effective date – see note). Purpose.
N.C.G.S. § 8-58.51 — (Article has a contingent effective date – see note) Definitions.
N.C.G.S. § 8-58.52 — (Article has a contingent effective date – see note) Applicability.
N.C.G.S. § 8-58.53 — (Article has a contingent effective date – see note) Environmental audit report; privilege.
N.C.G.S. § 8-58.54 — (Article has a contingent effective date – see note) Waiver of privilege.
N.C.G.S. § 8-58.55 — (Article has a contingent effective date – see note) Notification of audit.
N.C.G.S. § 8-58.56 — (Article has a contingent effective date – see note) Revocation of privilege in civil and administrative proceedings.
N.C.G.S. § 8-58.57 — (Article has a contingent effective date – see note) Privilege in criminal proceedings.
N.C.G.S. § 8-58.58 — (Article has a contingent effective date – see note) Burden of proof.
N.C.G.S. § 8-58.59 — (Article has a contingent effective date – see note) Stipulations; declaratory rulings.
N.C.G.S. § 8-58.60 — (Article has a contingent effective date – see note) Construction of Article.
N.C.G.S. § 8-58.61 — (Article has a contingent effective date – see note) Voluntary disclosure; limited immunity from civil and administrative penalties and fines.
N.C.G.S. § 8-58.62 — (Article has a contingent effective date – see note) Additional limitations on exercise of privilege or immunity.
N.C.G.S. § 8-58.63 — (Article has a contingent effective date – see note) Preemption of local laws.

Article 8 - Attendance of Witness

N.C.G.S. § 8-59 — Issue and service of subpoena.
N.C.G.S. § 8-61 — Subpoena for the production of documentary evidence.
N.C.G.S. § 8-63 — Witnesses attend until discharge; effect of nonattendance.
N.C.G.S. § 8-64 — Witnesses exempt from civil arrest.

Article 10 - Depositions

N.C.G.S. § 8-74 — Depositions for defendant in criminal actions.
N.C.G.S. § 8-76 — Depositions before municipal authorities.
N.C.G.S. § 8-78 — Commissioner may subpoena witness and punish for contempt.
N.C.G.S. § 8-79 — Attendance before commissioner enforced.
N.C.G.S. § 8-80 — Remedies against defaulting witness before commissioner.
N.C.G.S. § 8-81 — Objection to deposition before trial.
N.C.G.S. § 8-82 — Deposition not quashed after trial begun.
N.C.G.S. § 8-83 — When deposition may be read on the trial.

Article 11 - Perpetuation of Testimony

N.C.G.S. § 8-85 — Court reporter's certified transcription.

Article 13 - Photographs

N.C.G.S. § 8-97 — Photographs as substantive or illustrative evidence.

Article 14 - Chain of Custody

N.C.G.S. § 8-103 — Courier service and contract carriers.

Article 15 - Mediation Negotiations

N.C.G.S. § 8-110 — Inadmissibility of negotiations.