North Carolina State Crime Laboratory (NCSCL) Lab Procedures

Attorneys should review lab procedures to understand the forensic techniques used to analyze the evidence in their cases. The NCSCL has placed their current and historical/archived procedures and other documents on a SharePoint site. The NCSCL provides attorneys with access to the SharePoint site via this website.

The NSCSL sends Forensic Updates to criminal justice stakeholders:

• Volume 2, No. 4 – IBIS
• Volume 2, No. 5 – New Evidence Procedures
• Volume 3, No. 1 – Sexual Assault Tracking
• Volume 3, No. 2 – What is SAFIS
• Volume 3, No. 3 – Lab History, Part 1
• Volume 3, No. 4 – Lab History, Part 2
• Volume 3, No. 5 – Sexual Assault Kits, Familial Searching, Hemp and Marijuana
• Volume 4, No. 1 – Services provided by the lab and procedure updates
• Volume 4, No. 2 – Digital Evidence
• Volume 6, No. 1 – Lab Updates (Jan. 24, 2022)

This page was created in July 2019 using the NCSCL’s current procedures. As new procedures are adopted, they will be added to this website. However, the best way to access all lab procedures (current and historical) is through their website. The NCSCL regularly updates its procedures, so it is important to understand both the procedure in effect at the time the evidence was tested, and the current procedure, if there has been a change.