{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-15a-504","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-504","heading":"Return of released person.","body":"(a)\tUpon a magistrate's finding under G.S. 15A-511(c)(2) of no probable cause for a warrantless arrest, a law-enforcement officer may return the person previously arrested and any other person accompanying him to the scene of the arrest.\n(b)\tNo officer acting pursuant to this section may be held to answer in any civil or criminal action for injury to any person or damage to any property when damage results, whether directly or indirectly, from the actions of the person so released or transported.\n(c)\tNothing in this section shall be construed to supersede the provisions of G.S. 122C-301. (1981, c. 928; 1987, c. 282, s. 3.)","path":["Chapter 15A. Criminal Procedure Act.","Subchapter V. Custody.","Article 23. Police Processing and Duties upon Arrest."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_15A/GS_15A-504.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:42Z","sha256":"a11a8e9714472d44d877d1210434e1e2082f15516a23b08953c1d3cf1189f49c","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-15a-503","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-15a-505"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}