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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-409.45 (2026)

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The following definitions apply in this Article:

(1) Law enforcement organization. - A State or national organization whose membership is composed of sworn law enforcement officers, including a regional or local chapter of such a State or national organization.

(2) Law enforcement shooting range. - A sport shooting range owned or operated by a State, federal, or local law enforcement agency, or by a law enforcement organization.

(3) Person. - An individual, proprietorship, partnership, corporation, club, or other legal entity.

(4) Sport shooting range or range. - An area designed and operated for the use of rifles, shotguns, pistols, silhouettes, skeet, trap, black powder, or any other similar sport shooting.

(5) Substantial change in use. - The current primary use of the range no longer represents the activity previously engaged in at the range.  (1997-465, s. 1; 2025-81, s. 7.)

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2010–2010 · leading case: Land v. Vill. of Wesley Chapel, 697 S.E.2d 458 (N.C. Ct. App. 2010).
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Land v. Vill. of Wesley Chapel, 697 S.E.2d 458 (N.C. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 4× “Land also cross-assigns as error the trial court's failure to conclude that the Sport Shooting Range Protection Act of 1997, N.C. Gen.Stat. § 14-409.45, et seq., protects his use of the range.”
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