§15A-504. Return of released person

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(a)        Upon 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.

(b)        No 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.

(c)        Nothing in this section shall be construed to supersede the provisions of G.S. 122C-301.

(1981, c. 928; 1987, c. 282, s. 3.)

                    
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