# ContractNotFound (/docs/errors/chain/ContractNotFound)

No contract instance exists at the destination address; the account has no `ContractInfoOf` entry. Verify the `dest` address and that the contract was instantiated and has not been terminated.

Declared by the `Contracts` pallet; it classifies to the semantic code [`not_found`](/docs/errors/not-found).

## Remediation [#remediation]

The referenced object is not on-chain; check the identifier

The same explanation is available in the terminal: `btcli explain ContractNotFound`.