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NC - Licenses - Chapter 130A. Public Health. | Animal Legal & Historical Center
Full Statute Name: West's North Carolina General Statutes Annotated. Chapter 130A. Public Health. Article 6. Communicable Diseases. Part 6. Rabies. § 130A-192. Animals not wearing required rabies vaccination tags
Primary Citation: N.C.G.S.A. § 130A-192
Alternate Citation: NC ST § 130A-192 Date Adopted: 1983
Statute Text: (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.
CreditsAdded by Laws 1983, c. 891, § 2. Amended by S.L. 2009-327, § 7, eff. Oct. 1, 2009; S.L. 2009-304, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2010; S.L. 2013-377, § 3, eff. July 29, 2013.