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N.C.G.S. § 143B-1764

Submission of missing person reports to the Center.

Effective date
2026-08-08
Last verified
2026-08-09
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Any parent, spouse, guardian, legal custodian, or person responsible for the supervision of the missing individual may submit a missing person report to the Center of any missing child or missing person, regardless of the circumstances, after having first submitted a missing person report on the individual to the law-enforcement agency having jurisdiction of the area in which the individual became or is believed to have become missing, regardless of the circumstances.  (1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 1000, s. 1; 2007-469, s. 1; 2011-145, s. 19.1(w); recodified from N.C. Gen. Stat. 143B-1014 by 2025-4, s. 5.1(c).)

Reviewed 2026-08-09 · source_verified