Constitution · North Carolina

N.C. Const. art. I, § 20

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Constitution of North Carolina
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October 2026

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General warrants. General warrants, whereby any officer or other person may be commanded to search suspected places without evidence of the act committed, or to seize any person or persons not named, whose offense is not particularly described and supported by evidence, are dangerous to liberty and shall not be granted.

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