{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143b-1768","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-1768","heading":"Release of information by Center.","body":"The following may make inquiries of, and receive data or information from, the Center:\n(1)\tAny police, law-enforcement, or criminal justice agency investigating a report of a missing or unidentified person or child, whether living or deceased.\n(2)\tA court, upon a finding by the court that access to the data, information, or records of the Center may be necessary for the determination of an issue before the court.\n(3)\tAny district attorney of a prosecutorial district as defined in G.S. 7A-60 in this State or the district attorney's designee or representative.\n(4)\tAny person engaged in bona fide research when approved by the Commander of the State Highway Patrol; provided, no names or addresses may be supplied to this person.\n(5)\tAny other person authorized by the Secretary of the Commander of the State Highway Patrol pursuant to G.S. 143B-1763. (1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 1000, s. 1; 1987, c. 282, s. 28; 1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 1037, s. 119; 2011-145, s. 19.1(g), (w), (aaa); recodified from N.C. Gen. Stat. 143B-1018 by 2025-4, s. 5.1(c), (d).)","path":["Chapter 143B. Executive Organization Act of 1973.","Article 17. State Highway Patrol.","Part 4. North Carolina Center for Missing Persons."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_143B/GS_143B-1768.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:22:43Z","sha256":"f825001bcac47b08689a98bf7e5ee70f235081421105f303d15bff5459ec22c5","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143b-1767","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143b-1769"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}