NC H1812

Requires judges determining pretrial release conditions in domestic violence cases to request a criminal history report from law enforcement or the district attorney and consider the defendant's criminal record when setting release conditions.

Applies to cases involving assault, stalking, communicating threats, specified felonies (Articles 7A, 8, 10, or 15 of Chapter 14), domestic criminal trespass, or violations of domestic violence protective orders against spouses, former spouses, or cohabitants.

Mandates judges return the criminal history report to the providing agency or department after setting release conditions and prohibits unreasonable delays in determining pretrial release conditions for the purpose of reviewing the report.

Effective October 1, 2010.