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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-186 (2026)

Regulation of domestic animals

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A city may by ordinance regulate, restrict, or prohibit the keeping, running, or going at large of any domestic animals, including dogs and cats. The ordinance may provide that animals allowed to run at large in violation of the ordinance may be seized and sold or destroyed after reasonable efforts to notify their owner. (1917, c. 136, subch. 5, s. 1; 1919, cc. 136, 237; C.S., s. 2787; 1971, c. 698, s. 1.)

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1983–2009 · leading case: Town of Atl. Beach v. Young, 298 S.E.2d 686 (N.C. 1983).
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Town of Atl. Beach v. Young, 298 S.E.2d 686 (N.C. 1983). · cites it 3× “G.S. 160A-186 provides: A city may by ordinance regulate, restrict or prohibit the keeping, running or going at large of any domestic animals, including dogs and cats.”
State v. Maynard, 673 S.E.2d 877 (N.C. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 2× “Pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-186 (2007), a city may adopt an ordinance to “regulate, restrict, or prohibit the keeping, running, or going at large of any *759 domestic animals, including dogs and cats.”
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