2013 North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns.
Article 8 - Delegation and Exercise of the General Police Power.
Section 160A-186 - Regulation of domestic animals.
160A-186. Regulation of domestic animals.
A city may by ordinance regulate, restrict, or prohibit the keeping, running, or going at large of any domestic animals, including dogs and cats. The ordinance may provide that animals allowed to run at large in violation of the ordinance may be seized and sold or destroyed after reasonable efforts to notify their owner. (1917, c. 136, subch. 5, s. 1; 1919, cc. 136, 237; C.S., s. 2787; 1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
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