North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 02 - AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES › Chapter 20 - STATE FAIR › Subchapter B - REGULATIONS OF THE STATE FAIR › Section .0300 - COMPETITIVE EXHIBIT REGULATIONS › Section 20B .0305 - JUDGES AND JUDGING

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) The judges
				  shall read carefully the general rules and all special rules under the head of
				  the department or class in which they are to serve; and especially note and
				  follow those rules bearing on the classes to be judged by them.
(b) Judges shall not award prizes to an
				  unworthy exhibit. No premium or distinction of any kind shall be given to any
				  animal or article that is not deserving. This Rule shall be in effect whether
				  or not there is competition.
(c)
				  Judges shall report to the superintendent any exhibitor who in any way, whether
				  in person or by agent or servant, interferes with them or shows any disrespect
				  to them during the judging. The superintendent may, in his discretion, demand a
				  proper apology from such exhibitor or exclude him from further competition. The
				  fair may withhold from such exhibitor any or all premiums that have been
				  awarded and expel him from further exhibiting at the fair.
(d) The judges and persons acting as clerks
				  to the judges, must use special care, after awards have been made, to see that
				  the same are properly entered in the award book, for it is upon this entry that
				  the payment of premiums is made.
(e) The judge, superintendent and clerk
				  recording the awards of the department must sign the award book at the close of
				  each class immediately after all awards in said class have been made.
(f) Judges will not award premiums to any
				  article or animal because of its mere presence. No premium will be awarded to
				  any exhibit that does not possess high intrinsic merit. Unless otherwise
				  specified in the department rules and regulations, no exhibitor may win more
				  than two premiums in any one individual class, and not more than one premium in
				  any group class. Premiums will be paid to winning exhibitors as soon after the
				  awards are made as it is possible to compile and check all reports. Premiums
				  not paid during the fair will be mailed to the exhibitor at the post office
				  address given on his entry form.
(g) No person who is an exhibitor can act as
				  judge in a class in which he is showing.
(h) If there is any question as to the
				  regularity of an entry, or the right of any animal or article to compete in any
				  lot, the judge or judges shall report same to the superintendent in charge for
				  adjustment.
(i) A faithful
				  observance of all rules governing the exhibit will be required and when in
				  doubt as to the application or meaning of a rule, the superintendent in charge
				  shall construe same by giving his opinion. This opinion, when required by
				  either exhibitor or judge, must be reduced to writing and returned to the entry
				  department with the award books.
(j) In judging livestock, the decision of the
				  official veterinarian and judge as to soundness shall be final.
(k) The decision of the judges shall be final
				  in all cases, except when mistake, fraud, misrepresentation, or collusion, not
				  discovered at the time of the award, is alleged. In such cases, the fair
				  manager shall make the final decision from which no appeal will lie.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 106-503;
Eff. February 1,
					 1976;
Pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
					 substantive public interest Eff. September 19,
					 2015.