North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 15. Criminal Procedure § 15-6.3. Credit for service of sentence while in another jurisdiction

When a person in actual confinement under sentence of another jurisdiction is brought for trial before a court of this State, the court may, upon sentencing, specifically impose a sentence to be concurrently served and direct that such person receive credit against the sentence imposed for all time subsequently served in the jurisdiction possessing physical custody of such person.