Wake County Assault & Bond Information
Assault Inflicting Serious Injury
Distinguish serious-injury assault charges, verify the current Wake County release conditions, and determine when a licensed Raleigh bondsman may help.
You may call even when the exact charge wording, abbreviation, booking number, or bond amount is not yet known.
If anyone is in immediate danger or needs emergency medical assistance, call 911.
Is Assault Inflicting Serious Injury a Misdemeanor or Felony?
The answer depends on the exact charge wording. “Serious injury” and “serious bodily injury” are not interchangeable charge labels.
- Assault inflicting serious injury: Class A1 misdemeanor under G.S. 14-33(c)(1)
- Assault inflicting serious bodily injury: Class F felony under G.S. 14-32.4
- Assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury (AWDWISI): Class E felony under G.S. 14-32
- Assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury (AWDWIKISI): Class C felony under G.S. 14-32
Small differences in the wording can change the offense classification, whether violent-offense release procedures apply, the possible release conditions, and whether electronic monitoring may be involved. The exact custody record and current release order must be checked.
Decode the Injury-Related Assault Charge
Choose the entry that best matches the custody record. Abbreviations may vary between jail, court, law-enforcement, and electronic record systems. The complete charge wording controls over an abbreviation.
Assault Inflicting Serious Injury
A Class A1 misdemeanor under G.S. 14-33(c)(1) when an assault inflicts serious injury and another statute does not provide greater punishment. A bondsman may be relevant only if a secured bond is set.
Assault Inflicting Serious Bodily Injury (AISBI)
A separate Class F felony under G.S. 14-32.4. Has a specific statutory definition. Violent-offense release rules may apply.
AWDWISI
Assault With a Deadly Weapon Inflicting Serious Injury. Currently a Class E felony under G.S. 14-32. Violent-offense release rules may apply.
AWDWIKISI
Assault With a Deadly Weapon With Intent to Kill Inflicting Serious Injury. Currently a Class C felony under G.S. 14-32. Violent-offense release rules may apply.
Assault by Strangulation Is Also Listed
A separate Class H felony under G.S. 14-32.5. Not the same as serious bodily injury. May have its own bond or release condition.
Several Injury-Related Charges Are Listed
One arrest may include simple assault, serious injury, serious bodily injury, AWDWISI, or strangulation. Each may have a separate release condition.
Bond Has Not Been Set
Release conditions may still be pending. A bondsman cannot act until an eligible secured bond has been authorized.
“Violent Offense” Is Marked
The release order may mark the charge as a violent offense. A judicial official determines whether the statutory definition applies and sets conditions accordingly.
Judge Review Is Required
A judge or judicial official must determine release conditions before a commercial bond can be posted.
Electronic Monitoring or House Arrest Is Listed
Monitoring must be arranged in addition to satisfying any secured bond requirement.
One Charge Has a Bond and Another Says No Release
Each charge may have a different release condition. Posting one secured bond may not produce release when another entry remains unresolved.
Another County or Agency Hold Appears
Another case, county, probation matter, or agency hold may prevent release even after an eligible bond is posted.
Information to Gather
Copy each line exactly rather than summarizing all charges as “serious assault.” Incomplete information should not stop someone from calling.
Have This Ready When You Call
- Defendant's full legal name
- Date of birth
- Booking or inmate number, when available
- Court file or case number
- Exact wording of every charge
- Every abbreviation displayed
- Misdemeanor or felony class shown
- Whether “serious injury” appears
- Whether “serious bodily injury” appears
- Whether a deadly weapon is included in the charge
- Whether intent to kill is included
- Whether strangulation is listed
- Current custody location
- Bond amount attached to every charge
- Bond type or release condition attached to every charge
- Whether “violent offense” is marked
- Whether judge review is required
- Whether electronic monitoring or house arrest is listed
- Relationship between the defendant and alleged victim
- No-contact or stay-away conditions
- Other charges, warrants, counties, probation matters, or holds
- Caller and potential cosigner information
Serious Injury Versus Serious Bodily Injury
These terms are legally distinct. Do not shorten “serious bodily injury” to “serious injury” when copying the charge.
| Charge Label | Statute | Class | Weapon? | Intent to Kill? | Statutory Definition? | Violent Offense? | What to Verify |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serious Injury | G.S. 14-33(c)(1) | Class A1 misdemeanor | May or may not be included | Not included | No separate statutory definition listed in this provision | No (misdemeanor) | Check whether the record says serious injury or serious bodily injury |
| Serious Bodily Injury | G.S. 14-32.4 | Class F felony | Not required in the charge title | Not included | Has a specific statutory definition under G.S. 14-32.4 | May qualify under violent-offense rules | Copy the exact charge wording; do not shorten to “serious injury” |
| AWDWISI | G.S. 14-32 | Class E felony | Yes — deadly weapon included | Not included in the charge title | Uses the serious-injury standard, not the serious-bodily-injury definition | May qualify under violent-offense rules | Confirm whether intent to kill is also alleged |
| AWDWIKISI | G.S. 14-32 | Class C felony | Yes — deadly weapon included | Yes — intent to kill included | Uses the serious-injury standard, not the serious-bodily-injury definition | May qualify under violent-offense rules | Confirm both weapon and intent language are present |
What Does “Serious Bodily Injury” Mean?
G.S. 14-32.4 defines serious bodily injury as bodily injury that:
- Creates a substantial risk of death
- Causes serious permanent disfigurement
- Causes coma
- Causes a permanent or protracted condition producing extreme pain
- Causes permanent or protracted loss or impairment of a bodily member or organ
- Results in prolonged hospitalization
When the alleged victim is a law-enforcement officer, probation officer, parole officer, or detention-facility employee, separate charges under G.S. 14-34.7 may apply. Physical injury to a covered officer is a Class H felony, while serious bodily injury is a Class E felony. Review the difference between physical injury and serious bodily injury to an officer for those specific classifications.
This is the statutory definition used for the charge—not a checklist that allows a visitor to decide whether the charge is valid.
Legal boundary: Questions involving medical diagnosis, duration of hospitalization, permanent effects, degree of pain, causation, preexisting conditions, medical records, expert testimony, or whether the injury meets the statutory definition belong with qualified criminal defense counsel. A bondsman cannot interpret photographs, hospital records, or medical descriptions.
Misdemeanor Assault Inflicting Serious Injury
Under G.S. 14-33(c)(1), an assault, assault and battery, or affray that inflicts serious injury may be classified as a Class A1 misdemeanor unless the conduct is covered by another law providing greater punishment.
Help verify:
- Exact wording
- Whether the record says serious injury or serious bodily injury
- Whether a deadly weapon is included
- Whether intent to kill is included
- Whether another felony assault is separately listed
- Whether domestic procedures apply
- Current bond and release condition
This Class A1 misdemeanor by itself is not a Class A-through-G felony under the violent-offense definition in G.S. 15A-531. Another felony charge on the same record may independently qualify.
Felony Assault Inflicting Serious Bodily Injury
Under G.S. 14-32.4(a), assault inflicting serious bodily injury is currently a Class F felony.
- The charge does not require deadly-weapon language in its title
- It is legally distinct from the Class A1 misdemeanor serious-injury charge
- It is legally distinct from assault by strangulation
- It is legally distinct from deadly-weapon assault inflicting serious injury
- The exact custody record and release order must be checked
A Class F assault felony falls within the Class A-through-G range used by the current violent-offense definition when the required statutory elements are met.
Deadly-Weapon Assault Inflicting Serious Injury
G.S. 14-32 contains separate felony charges involving a deadly weapon. Both are different from assault inflicting serious bodily injury under G.S. 14-32.4.
AWDWISI
Full name: Assault With a Deadly Weapon Inflicting Serious Injury
Classification: Class E felony
Serious injury: Included
Intent to kill: Not included in the charge title
AWDWIKISI
Full name: Assault With a Deadly Weapon With Intent to Kill Inflicting Serious Injury
Classification: Class C felony
Serious injury: Included
Intent to kill: Included
For the complete deadly-weapon charge guide including AWDW, AWDWIK, and pointing-a-gun charges, review the deadly-weapon assault charge guide.
What If Strangulation Is Listed?
Assault inflicting physical injury by strangulation is a separate charge under G.S. 14-32.5. Do not treat “strangulation,” “serious injury,” and “serious bodily injury” as interchangeable terms.
Help verify:
- Exact charge wording
- Current offense class
- Whether another serious-injury charge also appears
- Whether a domestic relationship is involved
- Whether judge review is required
- Every separate bond and hold
Does This Charge Count as a Violent Offense for Release?
Current G.S. 15A-531 includes qualifying Class A through G felonies having assault, physical force, or threatened physical force as an essential element.
Misdemeanor Serious Injury
Class A1 misdemeanor. Does not qualify merely by itself under the Class A-through-G felony definition.
Felony Charges
AISBI (Class F), AWDWISI (Class E), and AWDWIKISI (Class C) fall within the relevant felony-class range and should be evaluated under the violent-offense release provisions.
- A violent-offense charge creates a rebuttable presumption concerning release
- The judicial official decides whether release is appropriate
- When release is authorized for a first violent offense, current law requires a secured bond or house arrest with electronic monitoring and a secured bond
- Additional requirements apply to qualifying second or subsequent violent offenses
- A bondsman cannot decide the statutory classification
- A bondsman cannot bypass judge review or monitoring requirements
Does the Charge Involve a Domestic Relationship?
The injury-related charge and the relationship between the parties are separate questions. Domestic procedures may apply when the offense and relationship meet current statutory requirements.
Help verify whether the alleged victim is:
- A current or former spouse
- A person with whom the defendant lives or previously lived as if married
- A current or former dating partner
- Another person covered by current domestic-release law
- A person not within a covered domestic relationship
A judge determines release conditions in cases covered by G.S. 15A-534.1. A bondsman cannot act until an eligible secured bond is authorized. Domestic and violent-offense release provisions may both need to be evaluated. No-contact, stay-away, monitoring, firearm, or other conditions may apply. The actual release order controls.
For complete relationship-based arrest and release information, review the domestic-violence release procedures.
Bond-Status Decoder
Written Promise to Appear
A commercial bondsman is generally not needed to satisfy that condition.
Unsecured Bond
A commercial bondsman is generally not needed merely to satisfy the unsecured bond.
Custody Release
Release may be authorized to a designated person or organization.
Secured Bond
A licensed bondsman may be able to assist after review and approval.
House Arrest With Electronic Monitoring and Secured Bond
Monitoring must be arranged in addition to satisfying the secured bond.
Judge Review Required
An authorized judge or judicial official must determine release conditions before a commercial bond can be posted.
No Release Currently Authorized
A commercial bond cannot be posted unless an authorized judicial official changes the condition.
Another Hold
A separate case, county, probation matter, federal process, or agency may prevent release.
What Happens After Arrest in Wake County?
- 1Arrest and transportation
- 2Booking and entry of every charge
- 3Injury-related charge wording, criminal history, and release information are reviewed
- 4Domestic or violent-offense procedures are applied when required
- 5A judicial official determines release conditions
- 6The family verifies every bond, no-release entry, monitoring requirement, and hold
- 7A licensed bondsman reviews an eligible secured bond
- 8Approved paperwork, premium, payment, and collateral requirements are completed
- 9The bond is posted
- 10The detention facility completes release processing
A bondsman does not:
- Determine whether an injury is serious
- Determine whether an injury is serious bodily injury
- Interpret medical records
- Decide whether a weapon was used
- Decide whether intent to kill existed
- Decide whether the case is domestic
- Decide whether violent-offense rules apply
- Set or reduce the bond
- Modify protective conditions
- Remove outside holds
- Control detention-center processing time
Why Multiple Assault Charges May Appear
One incident may produce separate entries involving:
Verify Every Charge Before Paying or Signing
Each line may have a separate release condition. Posting one eligible secured bond may not produce release when another charge, no-release entry, monitoring requirement, or outside hold remains unresolved.
Release Conditions
The release order may include:
- No contact with the alleged victim
- Stay-away restrictions
- Residence, school, or workplace restrictions
- Electronic monitoring
- House arrest
- Firearm restrictions
- Alcohol or controlled-substance restrictions
- Travel restrictions
- Restrictions involving children or property
- Other conduct conditions
Do not contact the alleged victim on the defendant's behalf, carry messages, arrange indirect communication, retrieve alleged evidence, or assume that the alleged victim can cancel a court-ordered condition.
- Only the court can modify court-ordered conditions
- Consent from the alleged victim does not automatically change the order
- A bondsman cannot authorize contact or modify restrictions
- Violating release conditions can result in arrest or revocation
- Legal questions about property, contact, children, or firearms belong with the attorney
What Can Delay Bond Posting or Release?
No fixed release time should be promised.
Cost, Payment, and Collateral
Total Bond Amount
The amount established by the judicial official.
Bail Bond Premium
The applicable fee for the commercial surety bond.
Initial Premium Payment
The amount due when beginning an approved payment arrangement.
Payment Plan
An approved agreement for paying the remaining premium.
Cosigner or Indemnitor
A person accepting contractual responsibility.
Collateral
Money or property that may be required to secure the bond company's exposure.
Approval may depend on the total secured-bond amount, number and classification of charges, violent-offense findings, electronic-monitoring requirements, domestic release conditions, prior court history, cosigner qualifications, residence and employment information, ability to maintain contact, collateral when applicable, and additional underwriting considerations.
For detailed affordability information, review the bail bond payment options. Payment arrangements do not reduce the court-ordered bond. Not every serious-injury assault bond requires collateral.
What a Bondsman Can and Cannot Do
A Licensed Bondsman May
- Help verify available custody and bond information
- Review every secured-bond entry
- Explain when the current bond may be posted
- Check other publicly available bonds and holds
- Explain the commercial bond process
- Review cosigner information
- Explain premium, payment, and collateral requirements
- Prepare approved bond documents
- Post an eligible secured bond
- Confirm when the bond has been submitted
- Provide updates regarding bond posting
A Bondsman Cannot
- Decide whether the injury is serious
- Decide whether the injury is serious bodily injury
- Interpret hospital or medical records
- Determine causation
- Determine whether an alleged weapon was used
- Determine whether intent to kill existed
- Evaluate witnesses or evidence
- Advise on self-defense
- Decide whether the offense qualifies as violent
- Decide whether the case is domestic
- Set or reduce the bond
- Modify no-contact, firearm, monitoring, or stay-away conditions
- Remove another agency's hold
- Give criminal-defense advice
- Guarantee approval, release, or a release time
- Predict the case outcome
What to Do Right Now
- Confirm the defendant's full legal name
- Copy every charge and abbreviation exactly
- Determine whether the person is in custody
- Record every bond amount and release condition
- Check whether the record says serious injury or serious bodily injury
- Check whether a deadly weapon or intent to kill is included
- Check whether strangulation is separately listed
- Check whether “violent offense” is marked
- Check whether judge review is pending
- Determine whether a domestic relationship is involved
- Check for no-contact, firearm, house-arrest, or monitoring conditions
- Identify other warrants, counties, probation matters, or holds
- Avoid discussing alleged facts publicly or on social media
- Do not contact the alleged victim for the defendant
- Do not retrieve or alter alleged evidence
- Contact qualified criminal defense counsel
- Contact a licensed bondsman once an eligible secured bond is available
- Prepare identification and potential cosigner information
After Release
- Read every release condition
- Confirm the next court date through an official source
- Follow every no-contact and stay-away condition
- Do not communicate indirectly through another person
- Follow all firearm, property, travel, residence, and monitoring restrictions
- Keep address and telephone information current
- Stay in contact with the attorney
- Notify the bondsman of address or court-date changes
- Do not assume a restriction has changed without a new court order
- Attend every required court appearance
Helpful Resources
Domestic Violence Arrest and Release
When domestic judge-review rules may apply to an injury-related assault
Review Domestic Violence ProceduresWake County Bail Process
How bail works in Wake County and how a secured bond is posted
Understand the Wake County Bail ProcessWake County Detention Center Information
Booking, custody, and facility release information
Check Wake County Booking and ReleaseBail Bond Payment Options
Premium, down payment, and approved payment arrangements
Review Payment OptionsSecure Online Application
Begin the secure online application when a secured bond has been authorized
Begin the Secure Online ApplicationFrequently Asked Questions
Questions About a Serious-Injury Charge?
Call Raleigh Bail Bonds with the defendant's full legal name, date of birth, current custody location, charges, file numbers, and secured bond amount if available. We can help verify the exact charge, whether violent-offense or domestic procedures apply, and whether a secured bond is currently eligible.
Last reviewed August 2026 by a licensed North Carolina bail bondsman. This page provides general information about bail and pretrial release. It does not interpret a specific release order, provide legal or medical advice, or replace emergency safety services. Questions about injury classifications, medical evidence, causation, weapon allegations, intent, self-defense, and case outcomes belong with a qualified criminal defense attorney.