When quarantine has been declared and stray or feral animals continue to run uncontrolled in the area, any peace officer or Animal Control Officer shall have the right, after reasonable effort has been made to apprehend the animals, to destroy the stray or feral animals and properly dispose of their bodies.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-195
Destroying stray or feral animals in quarantine districts
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 192 N.C. App. 559 - KITCHIN EX REL. KITCHIN v. Halifax County (2008)
Most recently applied in 199 N.C. App. 173 - Farrell Ex Rel. Farrell v. Transylvania County Bd. of Educ. (August 2009)
1935, c. 122, s. 13; 1953, c. 876, s. 9; 1983, c. 891, s. 2; 2009-327, s. 10.
Official source: North Carolina General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain North Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.