North Carolina Code — 113
Browse 441 sections in division 113 of the North Carolina code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 113-1. Meaning of terms.
- § 113-3. Duties of the Department.
- § 113-8. Powers and duties of the Department.
- § 113-8. 01. Pollution Prevention Pays Programs.
- § 113-14. 1. Promotion of seashore industry and recreation.
- § 113-14. 3. Publications.
- § 113-15. 1: Repealed by Session Laws 1969, c. 1145, s. 4.
- § 113-16. Cooperation with agencies of the federal government.
- § 113-17. Agreements, negotiations and conferences with federal government.
- § 113-18. Department authorized to receive funds from Federal Power Commission.
- § 113-19. Cooperation with other State departments.
- § 113-20. Cooperation with counties and municipal corporations.
- § 113-21. Cooperation of counties with State in making water resource survey.
- § 113-25. Notice to Department before beginning business of manufacturing products from mineral resources of State.
- § 113-26. 1. Bureau of Mines; mineral museum.
- § 113-28. 1. Designated employees commissioned special peace officers by Governor.
- § 113-28. 2. Powers of arrest.
- § 113-28. 2A. Cooperation between law enforcement agencies.
- § 113-28. 4. Oaths required.
- § 113-35. 1: Repealed by Session Laws 2009-484, s. 5, effective August 26, 2009.
- § 113-126. 2: Not set out.
- § 113-127. Application of Article.
- § 113-128. Definitions relating to agencies and their powers.
- § 113-129. Definitions relating to resources.
- § 113-130. Definitions relating to activities of public.
- § 113-131. Resources belong to public; stewardship of conservation agencies; grant and delegation of powers; injunctive relief.
- § 113-132. Jurisdiction of fisheries agencies.
- § 113-133. Abolition of local coastal fishing laws.
- § 113-133. 1. Limitations upon local regulation of wildlife resources; certain local acts retained.
- § 113-134. Rules.
- § 113-134. 1. Jurisdiction over marine fisheries resources in Atlantic Ocean.
- § 113-135. General penalties for violating Subchapter or rules; increased penalty for prior convictions; interpretive provisions.
- § 113-135. 1. Limitation upon penalty for offense created by rules of Wildlife Resources Commission in certain instances.
- § 113-136. Enforcement authority of inspectors and protectors; refusal to obey or allow inspection by inspectors and protectors.
- § 113-137. Search on arrest; seizure and confiscation of property; disposition of confiscated property.
- § 113-138. Enforcement jurisdiction of special conservation officers.
- § 113-140. Warning tickets.
- § 113-168. Definitions.
- § 113-168. 1. General provisions governing licenses and endorsements.
- § 113-168. 2. Standard Commercial Fishing License.
- § 113-168. 3. Retired Standard Commercial Fishing License.
- § 113-168. 4. Sale of fish.
- § 113-168. 5. License endorsements for Standard Commercial Fishing License.
- § 113-168. 6. Commercial fishing vessel registration.
- § 113-169. 1. Permits for gear, equipment, and other specialized activities authorized.
- § 113-169. 2. Shellfish license for North Carolina residents without a SCFL.
- § 113-169. 3. Licenses for fish dealers.
- § 113-169. 4. Licensing of ocean fishing piers; fees.
- § 113-169. 5. Land or sell license; vessels fishing beyond territorial waters.
- § 113-170. Exportation and importation of fish and equipment.
- § 113-170. 1. Nonresidents reciprocal agreements.
- § 113-170. 2. Fraud or deception as to licenses, permits, or records.
- § 113-170. 3. Record-keeping requirements.
- § 113-170. 4. Rules as to possession, transportation, and disposition of fisheries resources.
- § 113-170. 5. Violations with respect to coastal fisheries resources.
- § 113-171. Suspension, revocation, and reissuance of licenses.
- § 113-171. 1. Use of spotter planes in commercial fishing operations regulated.
- § 113-172. License agents.
- § 113-173. Recreational Commercial Gear License.
- § 113-173. 1. North Carolina Commercial Fishing Resource Fund.
- § 113-174. Definitions.
- § 113-174. 1. License required; general provisions governing licenses.
- § 113-174. 2. Coastal Recreational Fishing License.
- § 113-174. 3. For-Hire Licenses.
- § 113-174. 4: Repealed by Session Laws 2013-360, s. 14.8(p), effective August 1, 2013.
- § 113-174. 5. Blocks of 10 Ten-Day Coastal Recreational Fishing Licenses.
- § 113-175. Definitions.
- § 113-175. 1. North Carolina Marine Resources Fund.
- § 113-175. 5. North Carolina Marine Resources Endowment Fund.
- § 113-175. 6: Repealed by Session Laws 2015-286, s. 4.12.(a), effective October 22, 2015.
- § 113-181. Duties and powers of Department.
- § 113-182. Regulation of fishing and fisheries.
- § 113-182. 1. Fishery Management Plans.
- § 113-183. Unlawful possession, transportation and sale of fish.
- § 113-184. Possession and transportation of prohibited oyster equipment.
- § 113-185. Fishing near ocean piers; trash or scrap fishing.
- § 113-186. Measures for fish scrap and oil.
- § 113-187. Penalties for violations of Subchapter and rules.
- § 113-188. Additional restrictions authorized.
- § 113-189. Protection of sea turtles, marine mammals, migratory birds, and finfish.
- § 113-191. Unlawful sale or purchase of fish; criminal and civil penalties.
- § 113-201. Legislative findings and declaration of policy; authority of Marine Fisheries Commission.
- § 113-201. 1. Definitions.
- § 113-202. New and renewal leases for shellfish cultivation; termination of leases issued prior to January 1, 1966.
- § 113-202. 1. Water column leases for aquaculture.
- § 113-202. 2. Water column leases for aquaculture for perpetual franchises.
- § 113-203. Transplanting of oysters and clams.
- § 113-204. Propagation of shellfish.
- § 113-205. Registration of grants in navigable waters; exercise of private fishery rights.
- § 113-206. Chart of grants, leases and fishery rights; overlapping leases and rights; contest or condemnation of claims; damages for taking of property.
- § 113-207. Taking shellfish from certain areas forbidden; penalty.
- § 113-208. Protection of private shellfish rights.
- § 113-209. Taking polluted shellfish at night or with prior conviction forbidden; penalty.
- § 113-210. Under Dock Oyster Culture.
- § 113-215. Definitions.
- § 113-216. Legislative findings and declaration of policy.
- § 113-217. New leases for marine aquaculture.
- § 113-218. Protection of private marine aquaculture rights.
- § 113-221. Rules.
- § 113-221. 1. Proclamations; emergency review.
- § 113-221. 2. Additional rules to establish sanitation requirements for scallops, shellfish, and crustacea; permits and permit fees authorized.
- § 113-221. 3. Monitoring program for State coastal fishing and recreation waters; removal or destruction of warning signs.
- § 113-221. 4. Embargo.
- § 113-221. 5. Right of entry to enforce certain sanitation requirements.
- § 113-222. Arrest, service of process and witness fees of inspectors.
- § 113-223. Reciprocal agreements by Department generally.
- § 113-224. Cooperative agreements by Department.
- § 113-225. Inspectors not to have financial interest in fisheries.
- § 113-226. Administrative authority of Department; administration of funds; delegation of powers.
- § 113-228. Adoption of federal regulations.
- § 113-229. Permits to dredge or fill in or about estuarine waters or State-owned lakes.
- § 113-230. Orders to control activities in coastal wetlands.
- § 113-251. Definition of terms.
- § 113-252. Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact and Commission.
- § 113-253. Amendment to Compact to establish joint regulation of specific fisheries.
- § 113-254. North Carolina members of Commission.
- § 113-255. Powers of Commission and commissioners.
- § 113-256. Powers herein granted to Commission are supplemental.
- § 113-257. Report of Commission to Governor and legislature; recommendations for legislative action; examination of accounts and books by Auditor.
- § 113-258. Commission subject to provisions of State Budget Act.
- § 113-259. North Carolina members of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council.
- § 113-260. North Carolina members of the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council.
- § 113-261. Taking fish and wildlife for scientific purposes; permits to take in normally unauthorized manner; cultural and scientific operations.
- § 113-262. Taking fish or wildlife by poisons, drugs, explosives or electricity prohibited; exceptions; possession of illegally killed fish or wildlife prohibited.
- § 113-263. Inspecting plans and specifications of dams.
- § 113-264. Regulatory power over agency property; public hunting opportunities; scheduling of managed hunts.
- § 113-265. Obstructing or polluting flow of water into hatchery; throwing fish offal into waters.
- § 113-266. Interference with artificial reef marking devices.
- § 113-267. Replacement costs of marine, estuarine, and wildlife resources; rules authorized; prima facie evidence.
- § 113-268. Injuring, destroying, stealing, or stealing from nets, seines, buoys, pots, etc.
- § 113-269. Robbing or injuring hatcheries and other aquaculture operations.
- § 113-270. Use of oyster shells by landscape contractors prohibited.
- § 113-270. 1. License agents.
- § 113-270. 1A. Hunter safety course required.
- § 113-270. 1B. License required to hunt, fish, or trap; fees set by Commission.
- § 113-270. 1C. Combination hunting and inland fishing licenses.
- § 113-270. 1D. Sportsman licenses.
- § 113-270. 2. Hunting licenses.
- § 113-270. 2A. Voluntary contribution to hunter education program.
- § 113-270. 2B. Voluntary migratory waterfowl conservation print.
- § 113-270. 3. Special activity licenses; big game kill reports.
- § 113-270. 4. Hunting and fishing guide license.
- § 113-270. 5. Trapping licenses.
- § 113-271. Hook-and-line licenses in inland and joint fishing waters.
- § 113-272. 2. Special device licenses.
- § 113-272. 3. Special provisions respecting fishing licenses; grabbling; taking bait fish; use of landing nets; lifetime licenses issued from Wildlife Resources Commission headquarters; personalized lifetime sportsman combination licenses.
- § 113-272. 4. Collection licenses.
- § 113-272. 5. Captivity license.
- § 113-272. 6. Possession, Transportation, Importation, and Exportation of non-farmed cervids.
- § 113-273. Other licenses.
- § 113-274. Permits.
- § 113-275. General provisions respecting licenses and permits.
- § 113-276. Exemptions and exceptions to license and permit requirements.
- § 113-276. 1. Regulatory authority of Wildlife Resources Commission as to license requirements and exemptions.
- § 113-276. 2. Licensees and permittees subject to administrative control; refusal to issue or reissue, suspension, and revocation of their licenses and permits; court orders of suspension.
- § 113-276. 3. Mandatory suspension of entitlement to license or permit for fixed period upon conviction of specified offenses.
- § 113-277. Suspension and revocation of licenses and permits in the discretion of the court; suspension of entitlement; court's power concurrent; definition of "conviction"; penalties.
- § 113-281. Definitions.
- § 113-282. Registration and posting of property.
- § 113-283. Entry permits furnished by Wildlife Resources Commission.
- § 113-284. Affirmative duty of sportsmen to determine if property is registered and posted.
- § 113-285. Hunting or fishing on registered property of another without permission.
- § 113-286. Removal, destruction, or mutilation of posted notices.
- § 113-287. General provisions pertaining to enforcement of Article.
- § 113-290. Unlawful use of firearms.
- § 113-290. 1. Penalties.
- § 113-291. General restrictions.
- § 113-291. 1. Manner of taking wild animals and wild birds.
- § 113-291. 1A. Computer-assisted remote hunting prohibited.
- § 113-291. 2. Seasons and bag limits on wild animals and birds; including animals and birds taken in bag; possession and transportation of wildlife after taking.
- § 113-291. 3. Possession, sale, and transportation of wildlife.
- § 113-291. 4. Regulation of foxes; study of fox and fur-bearer populations.
- § 113-291. 4A. Open seasons for taking foxes with firearms.
- § 113-291. 4B. Taking foxes and coyotes in certain counties.
- § 113-291. 5. Regulation of dogs used in hunting; limitations on authority of Wildlife Resources Commission; control of dogs on game lands; control of dogs chasing deer; other restrictions.
- § 113-291. 5A. Exemption from civil liability for landholder permitting retrieval of hunting dogs.
- § 113-291. 6. Regulation of trapping.
- § 113-291. 7. Regulation of bears; limited retention of local acts closing bear seasons.
- § 113-291. 8. Requirement to display hunter orange.
- § 113-291. 9. Taking of beaver.
- § 113-291. 10. Beaver Damage Control Advisory Board.
- § 113-291. 11. Feeding of alligators prohibited.
- § 113-291. 12. Unlawful to remove live feral swine from traps.
- § 113-291. 13. Application of wildlife laws to opossums.
- § 113-292. Authority of the Wildlife Resources Commission in regulation of inland fishing and the introduction of exotic species.
- § 113-293. Obstructing rivers or creeks; keeping open fishways in dams.
- § 113-294. Specific violations.
- § 113-294. 1. Wildlife Poacher Reward Fund.
- § 113-295. Unlawful harassment of persons taking wildlife resources.
- § 113-296. Disabled Sportsman Program.
- § 113-297. Method exemptions for disabled persons.
- § 113-298. Unlawful use of facilities provided for disabled sportsman.
- § 113-299. Aerial management of feral swine.
- § 113-300. 1. Use of poisons and pesticides in general.
- § 113-300. 2. Declaring wild animal or bird a pest; concurrence of Wildlife Resources Commission required before poison or pesticide may be used.
- § 113-300. 3. Penalties for violations of Article; repeated offenses.
- § 113-300. 5. Short title.
- § 113-300. 6. Governor to execute compact; form of compact.
- § 113-300. 7. Appointment of Compact Administrator; implementation; rules; amendments.
- § 113-300. 8. Violations.
- § 113-301. 1. Wildlife Resources Commission obligated to make efforts to notify members of the public who may be affected by operative provisions of statutes and rules.
- § 113-302. Prima facie evidence provisions.
- § 113-302. 1. Inspection of licensed or commercial premises; authority to secure inspection warrants.
- § 113-303. Arrest, service of process and witness fees of protectors.
- § 113-304. Reciprocal agreements by Wildlife Resources Commission.
- § 113-305. Cooperative agreements by Wildlife Resources Commission.
- § 113-306. Administrative authority of Wildlife Resources Commission; disposition of license funds; delegation of powers; injunctive relief; emergency powers.
- § 113-307. Adoption of federal laws and regulations.
- § 113-307. 1. Legislative assent to specific federal acts.
- § 113-308. Definitions.
- § 113-309. Declaration of policy.
- § 113-310. Certain activities not to be deemed illegal or in restraint of trade.
- § 113-311. Referendum and assessment declared to be in public interest.
- § 113-312. Application to Marine Fisheries Commission for authority to conduct referendum.
- § 113-313. Action of Marine Fisheries Commission on application.
- § 113-314. Agency to determine time and place of referendum, amount and basis of assessment, etc.; notice of referendum.
- § 113-315. Maximum assessment.
- § 113-315. 1. Arrangements for and management of referendum; expenses.
- § 113-315. 2. Referendum may be by mail ballot or box ballot; who may vote.
- § 113-315. 3. Preparation and distribution of ballots; conduct of referendum; canvass and declaration of results.
- § 113-315. 4. Levy and collection of assessment; use of proceeds and other funds.
- § 113-315. 5. Alternative method for collection of assessment.
- § 113-315. 6. Subsequent referendum where assessment defeated.
- § 113-315. 7. Subsequent referendum where assessment adopted.
- § 113-315. 8. Refund of assessment; refusal to pay assessment.
- § 113-315. 9. Bond of financial officer; audit.
- § 113-315. 15. Short title.
- § 113-315. 16. Legislative findings.
- § 113-315. 17. Definitions.
- § 113-315. 18. Fishermen's Economic Development Program.
- § 113-315. 19. Personnel needs.
- § 113-315. 25. Creation of Authority; membership; appointment; terms and vacancies; officers; meetings and quorum; compensation.
- § 113-315. 26. Personnel.
- § 113-315. 27. Executive committee.
- § 113-315. 28. Purposes of Authority.
- § 113-315. 29. Powers of Authority.
- § 113-315. 30. Approval of acquisition and disposition of real property.
- § 113-315. 31. Issuance of bonds.
- § 113-315. 32. Power of eminent domain.
- § 113-315. 33. Exchange of property; removal of buildings, etc.
- § 113-315. 34. Jurisdiction of the Authority; application of Chapter 20; appointment and authority of special police.
- § 113-315. 35. Audit.
- § 113-315. 36. Building contracts.
- § 113-315. 37. Liberal construction of Article.
- § 113-315. 38. Warehouses, wharves, etc., on property abutting navigable waters.
- § 113-315. 39. Taxation.
- § 113-316. General statement of purpose and effect of revisions of Subchapter IV made in 1965 and 1979.
- § 113-331. Definitions.
- § 113-332. Declaration of policy.
- § 113-333. Powers and duties of the Commission.
- § 113-334. Criteria and procedures for placing animals on protected animal lists.
- § 113-335. North Carolina Nongame Wildlife Advisory Committee.
- § 113-336. Powers and duties of the Advisory Committee.
- § 113-337. Unlawful acts; penalties.
- § 113-351. Unified hunting and fishing licenses; subsistence license waiver.
- § 113-377. 1: Transferred to G.S. 113-252 through 113-258 by Session Laws 1965, c. 957.
- § 113-377. 8. Repeal of certain public, public-local, special and private acts.
- § 113-378. Persons drilling for oil or gas to register and furnish bond.
- § 113-379. Filing log of drilling and development of each well.
- § 113-380. Violation a misdemeanor.
- § 113-381. Title.
- § 113-382. Declaration of policy.
- § 113-389. Definitions.
- § 113-390. Waste prohibited.
- § 113-391. Jurisdiction and authority; rules and orders.
- § 113-391. 1. Trade secret and confidential information determination; protection; retention; disclosure to emergency personnel.
- § 113-392. Protecting pool owners; drilling units in pools; location of wells; shares in pools.
- § 113-393. Development of lands as drilling unit by agreement or order of Commission.
- § 113-394. Limitations on production; allocating and prorating "allowables."
- § 113-395. Permits, fees, and notice required for oil and gas activities.
- § 113-395. 1. Miscellaneous permit requirements.
- § 113-395. 2. Subsurface injection of waste prohibited.
- § 113-395. 3. Environmental compliance review requirements for applicants and permit holders.
- § 113-395. 4. Seismic or geophysical data collection.
- § 113-396. Wells to be kept under control.
- § 113-397. Hearing in emergency.
- § 113-398. Procedure and powers in hearings by Department.
- § 113-399. Suits by Department.
- § 113-400. Assessing costs of hearings.
- § 113-401. Party to hearings; review.
- § 113-402. Administrative review.
- § 113-403. Judicial review.
- § 113-406. Effect of pendency of judicial review; stay of proceedings.
- § 113-407. Stay bond.
- § 113-408. Enjoining violation of laws and rules; service of process; application for drilling well to include residence address of applicant.
- § 113-409. Punishment for making false entries, etc.
- § 113-410. Penalties for other violations.
- § 113-411. Dealing in or handling of illegal oil, gas or product prohibited.
- § 113-412. Seizure and sale of contraband oil, gas and product.
- § 113-414. Filing list of renewed leases in office of register of deeds.
- § 113-415. Conflicting laws.
- § 113-415. 1. Local ordinances regulating oil and gas exploration, development, and production activities invalid; petition to preempt local ordinance.
- § 113-420. Notice and entry to property.
- § 113-421. Presumptive liability for water contamination; compensation for other damages; responsibility for reclamation.
- § 113-422. Indemnification.
- § 113-423. Required lease terms.
- § 113-423. 1. Surface activities.
- § 113-425. Registry of landmen required.
- § 113-426. Publication of information for landowners.
- § 113-427. Additional remedies.