We just had this conversation. Sometimes you might want to look around before asking in a new thread because the information might already available and current.
http://forum.opencarry.org/forums/showthread.php?108396-NC-ID-statutes
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I will look around before answering questions.
@Matthew.carver1
Pay particular attention to post #11 in the thread linked by NC-Heel. You might also ask whether NC's case was dismissed because of the cop's perjury, or because there is case law in NC that says identity refusal is not obstruction. In your shoes I might want to nail down whether a case with a different set of facts might result in an obstruction conviction for refusing identity.
Also, don't forget to look into local stop-and-identify ordinances in the areas you travel.
Also, if a cop demands ID, you can always provide it while verbally refusing consent. This is my tactic. I cannot keep up with which localities have ordinances and which don't, and which passed a new one where one didn't exist last month. So, my tactic is to provide the ID document while refusing consent. That way, if I find out after the encounter that there was no authority to demand identity, I have an additional bullet point for a formal complaint.
My policy is to write a formal complaint every time a cop investigately contacts me about my OCd gun--such contact proves they consider an enumerated right worthy of criminal suspicion, which is completely unacceptable, especially when they can observe from a distance without contact. And, since experience has shown that many cops can screw up even a consensual encounter, I am almost assured of having something else to include in my formal complaint. Thus, since the cop is going to learn my identity anyway when I write a formal complaint, I am much less concerned whether he learns my identity during the encounter.
Cop: "I wanna see sum ID."
OCer: (while getting out ID) "Yes, officer. I will comply with your demand. No offense, but I do not consent to showing it."
