NC General Statutes

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-192 (2026)

Animals not wearing required rabies vaccination tags

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(a) The Animal Control Officer shall canvass the county to determine if there are any animals not wearing the required rabies vaccination tag. If an animal required to wear a tag is found not wearing one, the Animal Control Officer shall check to see if the owner's identification can be found on the animal. If the animal is wearing an owner identification tag with information enabling the owner of the animal to be contacted, or if the Animal Control Officer otherwise knows who the owner is, the Animal Control Officer shall notify the owner in writing to have the animal vaccinated against rabies and to produce the required rabies vaccination certificate to the Animal Control Officer within three days of the notification. If the animal is not wearing an owner identification tag and the Animal Control Officer does not otherwise know who the owner is, the Animal Control Officer may impound the animal. The duration of the impoundment of these animals shall be established by the county board of commissioners, but the duration shall not be less than 72 hours. During the impoundment period, the Animal Control Officer shall make a reasonable effort to locate the owner of the animal. If the Animal Control Officer has access at no cost or at a reasonable cost to a microchip scanning device, the Animal Control Officer shall scan the animal and utilize any information that may be available through a microchip to locate the owner of the animal, if possible. If the animal is not reclaimed by its owner during the impoundment period, the animal shall be disposed of in one of the following manners: returned to the owner; adopted as a pet by a new owner; or put to death by a procedure approved by rules adopted by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services or, in the absence of such rules, by a procedure approved by the American Veterinary Medical Association, the Humane Society of the United States or of the American Humane Association.

(a1) Before an animal may be put to death, it shall be made available for adoption as provided in G.S. 19A-32.1.

(a2) Repealed by Session Laws 2013-377, s. 3, effective July 29, 2013.

(a3) The Animal Control Officer shall maintain a record of all animals impounded under this section which shall include the date of impoundment, the length of impoundment, the method of disposal of the animal and the name of the person or institution to whom any animal has been released.

(b) through (e) Repealed by Session Laws 2013-377, s. 3, effective July 29, 2013. (1935, c. 122, s. 8; 1983, c. 891, s. 2; 2009-304, s. 1; 2009-327, s. 7; 2013-377, s. 3.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 2004–2009 · leading case: Just. for Animals, Inc. v. Lenoir Cnty. SPCA, Inc., 607 S.E.2d 317 (N.C. Ct. App. 2005).

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Just. for Animals, Inc. v. Lenoir Cnty. SPCA, Inc., 607 S.E.2d 317 (N.C. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 131× “, seeking injunctive relief and asserting defendant was causing unjustifiable physical pain, suffering, and death in its euthanization of animals.”

Just. for Animals, Inc. v. Robeson Cnty., 595 S.E.2d 773 (N.C. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 3× “(2003) (“Civil Remedy for Protection of Animals”), N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-192 (2003) (requiring that dogs and cats be euthanized by approved procedures), N.”

Farrell Ex Rel. Farrell v. Transylvania Cnty. Bd. of Educ., 682 S.E.2d 224 (N.C. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 2× “§ 67-30 , and is given authority to, inter alia, impound and euthanize dogs or cats, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-192 and destroy stray dogs or cats in quarantine districts, N.”

Kitchin Ex Rel. Kitchin v. Halifax Cnty., 665 S.E.2d 760 (N.C. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 2× “§ 67-30 , and is given authority to, inter alia, impound and euthanize dogs or cats, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-192 and destroy stray dogs or cats in quarantine districts; N.”

Farrell Ex Rel. Farrell v. Transylvania Cnty. Bd. of Educ., 668 S.E.2d 905 (N.C. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 2× “§ 67-30 , and is given authority to, inter alia, impound and euthanize dogs or cats, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-192 and destroy stray dogs or cats in quarantine districts, N.”

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