North Carolina Statutes
§ 77-7 — Failure of owner of dam to keep gates, etc
North Carolina § 77-7
JurisdictionNorth Carolina
Ch. 77Rivers, Creeks, and Coastal Waters
Art. 1Commissioners for Opening and Clearing Streams
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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 77-7 (2026).
Text
If any owner or keeper of a mill, whose dam is across any stream, shall fail to build a gate and slope therein, or thereafter to keep and maintain the same as required by commissioners to lay off rivers and creeks, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1858-9, c. 26, s. 4; Code, s. 3715; Rev., s. 3383; C.S., s. 7371; 1993, c. 539, s. 579; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
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