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.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-186
Regulation of domestic animals
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 195 N.C. App. 757 - State v. Maynard (2009)
Most recently applied in 195 N.C. App. 757 - State v. Maynard (March 2009)
1917, c. 136, subch. 5, s. 1; 1919, cc. 136, 237; C.S., s. 2787; 1971, c. 698, s. 1.
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.