Title: S.L. 1973-482
Category: Session Law

NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 482
SENATE BILL 637

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE RUNNING AND CHASING OF FOX WITH DOGS BETWEEN JANUARY 1 AND SEPTEMBER 1 IN CARTERET COUNTY.

Whereas, one of the primary causes for the decrease in the deer population in eastern North Carolina is the unnecessary killing of doe deer by dogs running fox when the deer are heavy with fawn and unable to escape the dogs; Now, therefore,

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, by or with the use of dogs, to run or chase fox between January 1 and September 1.
Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to allow dogs to run or chase fox between January 1 and September 1.
Sec. 3. Violation of this act shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or imprisonment not to exceed 30 days, or both, at the discretion of the court.
Sec. 4. This act shall apply only to Carteret County.
Sec. 5. This act shall become effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 14th day of May, 1973.

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