§ 13-3. Issuance, service and filing of warrant of unconditional pardon.
§13‑3. Issuance, service and filing of warrant of unconditional pardon.
In the event the rights ofcitizenship are restored by an unconditional pardon as specified in G.S. 13‑1(2),the Governor, under the provisions of G.S. 147‑23, shall issue his warranttherefor specifying the restoration of rights of citizenship to the offender;and the officer to whom the Governor issues his warrant to effect the releaseof the offender shall deliver a copy of the warrant to the offender under theprovisions of G.S. 147‑25. The original warrant bearing the officer'sreturn as specified in G.S. 147‑25 shall be filed by the clerk of theGeneral Court of Justice without charge in the county where the official recordof the case from which the conviction arose is filed. (1971,c. 902; 1973, c. 251.)