{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-7b-500","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-500","heading":"Taking a juvenile into temporary custody; civil and criminal immunity.","body":"(a)\tTemporary custody means the taking of physical custody and providing personal care and supervision until a court order for nonsecure custody can be obtained. A juvenile may be taken into temporary custody without a court order by a law enforcement officer or a department of social services worker if there are reasonable grounds to believe that the juvenile is abused, neglected, or dependent and that the juvenile would be injured or could not be taken into custody if it were first necessary to obtain a court order. If a department of social services worker takes a juvenile into temporary custody under this section, the worker may arrange for the placement, care, supervision, and transportation of the juvenile.\n(b)\tThe process for taking into temporary custody a safely surrendered infant is as provided under Article 5A of this Subchapter.\n(c)\tRepealed by Session Laws 2023-14, s. 6.2(d), effective October 1, 2023, and applicable to infants safely surrendered on or after that date.\n(d)\tRepealed by Session Laws 2023-14, s. 6.2(d), effective October 1, 2023, and applicable to infants safely surrendered on or after that date.\n(e)\tRepealed by Session Laws 2023-14, s. 6.2(d), effective October 1, 2023, and applicable to infants safely surrendered on or after that date. (1979, c. 815, s. 1; 1985, c. 408, s. 1; 1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 863, s. 1; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 27, s. 2; 1995, c. 391, s. 1; 1997-443, s. 11A.118(a); 1998-202, s. 6; 1999-456, s. 60; 2001-291, s. 2; 2021-182, s. 3(a); 2023-14, s. 6.2(d).)","path":["Chapter 7B. Juvenile Code.","Subchapter I. Abuse, Neglect, Dependency.","Article 5. Temporary Custody; Nonsecure Custody; Custody Hearings."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_7B/GS_7B-500.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:55:32Z","sha256":"197b7036e5e5eaa335f2888090c20c6ad0eb711ff1d871abe9226ba1bda1b6a9","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-7b-413","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-7b-501"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}