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Our community is asking what can actually be done. Here’s what North Carolina law allows.

A man died in downtown Raleigh Saturday afternoon, and hours passed with no public statement. People have questions, and many of them have answers in the public records law.

First thing worth knowing: this isn’t FOIA. FOIA is federal. In North Carolina, public records are governed by Chapter 132 of the General Statutes, and requesting under the wrong law is one of the most common ways a request gets denied on a technicality.

What is public: 911 audio, dispatch logs, the released portion of an incident report, and completed autopsy reports from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

What isn’t: body camera footage requires a superior court order, and internal affairs records are personnel files and stay closed.

Families have rights the general public does not — including requesting body camera disclosure without a court order, and requesting an independent autopsy.

Requests are free and take about five minutes. City of Raleigh records: raleighnc.nextrequest.com

LegalLuxe Law Group® is a business and estate planning firm. We do not litigate these matters. We’re sharing this because our community deserves to understand how the process works.

Attorney Advertising. General information about North Carolina law only. This is not legal advice and does not create an attorney-client relationship.

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