NC Animal Laws

* 19A, Article 4 pertains to Animal Cruelty Investigators - http://www.ncleg.net/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/ByArticle/Chapter_19A/Article_4.html
* 19A, Article 5 is the S/N program -
* 19A, Article 6 is the bonding law -
*** 2013 New Additions to 19A (passed in SB 626) -
Cruelty to Animals found under Criminal Law Chapter 14, Article 47 -

Article 47 - Cruelty to Animals [RTF] [PDF]

*** 2013 Additions to Ch. 14 passed in SB 626 pertaining to dogs in hot cars -http://www.ncagr.gov/vet/aws/documents/S626v6.pdf and see below
Ҥ 14-363.3. Confinement of animals in motor vehicles.
(a) In order to protect the health and safety of an animal, any animal control officer,
animal cruelty investigator appointed under G.S. 19A-45, law enforcement officer, firefighter,
or rescue squad worker, who has probable cause to believe that an animal is confined in a
motor vehicle under conditions that are likely to cause suffering, injury, or death to the animal
due to heat, cold, lack of adequate ventilation, or under other endangering conditions, may
enter the motor vehicle by any reasonable means under the circumstances after making a
reasonable effort to locate the owner or other person responsible for the animal.
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to the transportation of horses,
cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, or other livestock.”
Chapter 52J - Animal Welfare Admin Codes (shelter rules) - http://reports.oah.state.nc.us/ncac/title%2002%20

Chapter 67 - Dangerous Dogs http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/statutes/StatutesTOC.pl?Chapter=0067

NCDA link to laws and inspections of shelters - http://www.ncagr.gov/vet/AWS/
* most NC animal laws can also be found on NCDA’s website
Rabies Laws - http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Legislation/Legislation.html - scroll down to 130A-184 - this is where rabies laws start, but part of this law was ammended with SB 626 in 2013 - http://www.ncagr.gov/vet/aws/documents/S626v6.pdf - scroll down to 130A-192
Compilation of all laws - http://www.animallaw.info/statutes/stusncst19A_20_130A_201.htm#welfare - just use for reference to find law numbers, not up-to-date on all laws so find the number of the law pertaining to what you want to know and then search for it on the NCGA website for the most current version of that law.
Laws can be searched for here - http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Legislation/Legislation.html (NCGA website)
N.C. County Ordinances - http://www.municode.com/library/NC