Home/North Carolina/Statutes/Ch. 20: Motor Vehicles/Art. 7: Miscellaneous Provisions Relating to Motor Vehicles/§ 20-216
North Carolina Statutes

§ 20-216 — Passing horses or other draft animals

North Carolina § 20-216
JurisdictionNorth Carolina
Ch. 20Motor Vehicles
Art. 7Miscellaneous Provisions Relating to Motor Vehicles

This text of North Carolina § 20-216 (Passing horses or other draft animals) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering North Carolina primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-216 (2026).

Text

Any person operating a motor vehicle shall use reasonable care when approaching or passing a horse or other draft animal whether ridden or otherwise under control. (1917, c. 140, s. 15; C.S., s. 2616; 1969, c. 401.)

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

Nearby Sections

15
§ 20-1
Division of Motor Vehicles established
§ 20-10
Age limits for drivers of public passenger-carrying vehicles
§ 20-10.1
Mopeds
§ 20-100
Vehicles junked or destroyed by fire or collision
§ 20-101
Certain business vehicles to be marked
§ 20-101.1
Conspicuous disclosure of dealer administrative fees
§ 20-101.2
Conspicuous disclosure of dealer finance yield charges
§ 20-101.3
Conspicuous disclosure of dealer shop and other service-related fees
§ 20-102
(Effective until July 1, 2025) Report of stolen and recovered motor vehicles
§ 20-102.1
False report of theft or conversion a misdemeanor
§ 20-102.2
Report of failure to return hired motor vehicles
§ 20-103
Reports by owners of stolen and recovered vehicles
§ 20-104
Action by Division on report of stolen or embezzled vehicles
§ 20-105
Repealed by Session Laws 1973, c. 1330, s. 39
§ 20-106
Recodified as G.S. 14-71.2 by Session Laws 2019-186, s. 1(c), effective December 1, 2019, and applicable to offenses committed on or after that date
View on official source ↗

Cite This Page — Counsel Stack

Bluebook (online)
North Carolina § 20-216, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nc/20/20-216.