Section
General Provisions
90.001 Definitions
90.002 Agency authority and responsibility
Animal Cruelty
90.015 Unlawful acts specified
90.016 Food, drink, shelter, care
90.017 Declawed cats
90.018 Animal enclosure
90.019 Equine provision
90.020 Transport of animals by motor vehicle
90.021 Unlawful conditions for confining animals in vehicles
90.022 Injury or death of animal by motorist
90.023 Tethering of fowl prohibited
90.024 Transfer of animals under eight weeks prohibited; exception
90.025 Dyeing of animals prohibited
90.026 Trapping of animals restricted
90.027 Luring or enticing animal
Control of Vicious or Dangerous Animals
90.040 Keeping of vicious or dangerous domestic animal restricted
90.041 Determination by Health Inspector
90.042 Requirements of owner of vicious dog
Nuisance
90.055 Unlawful for animal keeper to create nuisance
90.056 Written notice of violation; 48-hour abatement period
90.057 Complaint to Health Director
90.058 Report of investigation of complaint; impoundment
90.059 Unlawful to fail or refuse to abate
Animals Surrendered by Owner
90.070 Conditions for surrendered animal adoption or humane destruction
90.071 Discretion with shelter
Non-Domestic Animals
90.085 Dangerous non-domestic animals prohibited
90.086 Wolves and coyotes prohibited
90.087 Animals to be maintained according to accepted veterinary standards
90.088 Feral cat colonies
Rabies Control
90.100 State laws control
90.101 Vaccinations required to stay current
90.102 Rabies tag and certificate
90.103 Animal bites; procedures and responsibilities
90.104 Animal bitten by known rabid animal
90.105 Area-wide emergency quarantine
90.106 Postmortem diagnosis
90.107 Unlawful to kill or release animals under observation
90.108 Failure to surrender animal for confinement or destruction
90.109 Failure to report suspected rabies case
Impoundment and Redemption
90.120 Impoundment permissible
90.121 Notice to owner or keeper
90.122 Redemption by owner or keeper
90.123 Destruction or adoption of unredeemed animal
90.124 Redemption or adoption of unvaccinated animal
90.125 Destruction of wounded, diseased, or unweaned animal
90.126 Destruction of animals which cannot be seized by reasonable means
90.127 Keeping stray animals
Permits
90.140 Security dogs
90.141 Collecting for resale
90.142 Spay or neuter of adopted animals
Livestock
90.155 Livestock regulation
90.999 Penalty
Editor’s note:
Cross reference to the Moore County Code of Ordinances, Chapter 9, entitled Licenses, Permits and Miscellaneous Business Regulations.
Statutory reference:
Animal license tax, see G.S. § 160A-212
Animal shelters, see G.S. § 160A-493
Authority of county to levy taxes to provide animal protection and control programs, see G.S. § 160A-212
Dogs, see G.S. Ch. 67
Ordinance making power, see G.S.§ 160A-174
Power of county to regulate, restrict or prohibit the possession or harboring of dangerous animals, see G.S.§ 160A-187
Power to define and prohibit animal abuse, see G.S. § 160A-182
Rabies, see G.S. §130A-184 et seq.
Wildlife resources commission, see G.S.§§ 143-237 et seq.