NC General Statutes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 168-2 (2026)
Right of access to and use of public places
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Persons with disabilities have the same right as persons without disabilities to the full and free use of the streets, highways, sidewalks, walkways, public buildings, public facilities, and all other buildings and facilities, both publicly and privately owned, which serve the public. (1973, c. 493, s. 1; 1991, c. 672, s. 4; c. 726, s. 23; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 959, s. 84; 1997-443, s. 11A.118(a); 2004-203, s. 61; 2005-450, s. 1; 2015-241, s. 12F.17; 2015-264, s. 87(a), (b).)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1979–1998 · leading case: Graham v. City of Charlotte, 644 F. Supp. 246 (W.D.N.C. 1986).
Graham v. City of Charlotte, 644 F. Supp. 246 (W.D.N.C. 1986). “The stopping of the Plaintiff under the circumstances of this case and the restraint of the Plaintiff who was having an insulin reaction by no stretch of the imagination would be prohibited by N.C.G.S. § 168-2, § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.”
Stroud v. Harrison, 508 S.E.2d 527 (N.C. Ct. App. 1998). “See N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 168-2 (Cum. Supp. 1997), 168-3 (1995) and 168-4.”
Burgess v. Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co., 250 S.E.2d 687 (N.C. Ct. App. 1979). “) *483 § 168-2. Right of access to and use of public places.”
Ragan v. Cnty. of Alamance, 391 S.E.2d 825 (N.C. Ct. App. 1990). “I, §§ 18,19, 24 and 25 of the North Carolina Constitution command that every person have access to the courts, equal protection of the laws, and the right to jury trials in civil and criminal matters; 2) that N.C. Gen. Stat. § 168-2 (1987) provides handicapped persons with the…”
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