NCTA K9 SAR provides highly qualified K9 search teams 24 hours per day, 7 days per week at the request of Law Enforcement, to bring home missing persons. The mission of the NCTA K9 Search and Recovery Unit is to provide highly qualified K9 handlers and K9 search teams twenty-four hours per day, seven days per week; to assist local, state and federal agencies with locating missing persons. K9 Teams may respond to any location within the State of North Carolina when requested, and may respond out of state on a case-by-case basis decided by the team Board of Directors. The NCTA K9 Search and Recovery Unit is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit registered in the State of North Carolina, and all members of the organization are volunteer. Members receive no compensation for their services to the team, other than training or other items that directly aid in their mission to provide services to the NCTA K9 Search and Recovery Unit.