GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 681

HOUSE BILL 544

 

AN ACT TO REQUIRE A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WHO ARRESTS OR ISSUES A CITATION TO AN UNEMANCIPATED MINOR TO INFORM THE MINOR'S PARENTS OF THE ARREST OR CITATION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Chapter 15A of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 15A-504.  Notification of minor's parent. - A law enforcement officer who charges a minor with a criminal offense must, without unnecessary delay, make a reasonable effort to inform or cause to be informed a parent or guardian of the minor of the charge. This notice is not required if:

(1)       The minor is emancipated; or

(2)       The minor has been charged with a motor vehicle moving violation for which three or fewer points are assessed under G.S. 20-16(c), except an offense involving impaired driving, as defined in G.S. 20-4.01(24a); or

(3)       The minor has been charged with a motor vehicle offense that is not a moving violation."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1983.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 5th day of July, 1983.