North Carolina Statutes

§ 68-16 — Allowing livestock to run at large forbidden

North Carolina § 68-16

JurisdictionNorth Carolina

Ch. 68Fences and Stock Law

Art. 3Livestock Law

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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 68-16 (2026).

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If any person shall allow his livestock to run at large, he shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. (Code, s. 2811; 1889, c. 504; Rev., s. 3319; C.S., s. 1849; 1971, c. 741, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 536; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)

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§ 68-15

Term "livestock" defined

§ 68-16

Allowing livestock to run at large forbidden

§ 68-17

Impounding livestock at large; right to recover costs and damages; abandoned livestock

§ 68-18

Notice and demand when owner known

§ 68-18.1

Notice when owner not known

§ 68-19

Determination of damages by selected landowners or by referee

§ 68-20

Notice of sale and sale where owner fails to redeem or is unknown; application of proceeds

§ 68-21

Illegally releasing or receiving impounded livestock misdemeanor

§ 68-22

Impounded livestock to be fed and watered

§ 68-23

Right to feed impounded livestock; owner liable

§ 68-24

Penalties for violation of this Article

§ 68-25

Domestic fowls running at large after notice

§ 68-42

Stock running at large prohibited; certain ponies excepted

§ 68-43

Authority of Secretary of Environmental Quality to remove or confine ponies on Ocracoke Island and Shackleford Banks

§ 68-44

Penalty for violation of G.S. 68-42

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