NC General Statutes

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-197 (2026)

Management of dogs, cats, and ferrets exposed to rabies

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When the local health director reasonably suspects that an animal required to be vaccinated under this Part has been exposed to the saliva or nervous tissue of a proven rabid animal or animal reasonably suspected of having rabies that is not available for laboratory diagnosis, the animal shall be considered to have been exposed to rabies. The recommendations and guidelines for rabies post-exposure management specified by the National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians in the most current edition of the Compendium of Animal Rabies Prevention and Control shall be the required control measures. (1935, c. 122, s. 14; 1953, c. 876, s. 10; 1983, c. 891, s. 2; 2000-163, s. 4; 2009-327, s. 12; 2017-106, s. 1.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2005–2005 · 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 10× “§ 130A-195 ("Destroying stray dogs and cats in quarantine districts"); N.C.G.S. § 130A-197 ("Infected dogs and cats to be destroyed"); N.”

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