CHAPTER 94:  ANIMALS
Section
General Provisions
   94.001   Purpose
   94.002   Duties of animal control officer; personal liability
   94.003   Definitions
   94.004   Animals or fowl banned from sale; coloring prohibited
   94.005   Cruelty to animals
   94.006   Injuring animals, notice required
   94.007   Teasing and molesting
   94.008   Keeping swine prohibited
   94.009   Standards; kennels
   94.010   Licenses for kennels
Dogs
   94.025   Dogs running at large prohibited
   94.026   Confinement of female dogs in heat
   94.027   Keeping stray dogs; requirements; failure to surrender
Chicken Coops
   94.030   Chicken coops
Nuisance Animals
   94.040   Enforcement
Wild Animals
   94.050   Permit required
   94.051   Authority of police department
Impoundment, Confinement, and Disposition
   94.065   When animal impounded
   94.066   Notice to owner of impounded animal
   94.067   Periods of impoundment
   94.068   Redemption of impounded animal
   94.069   Disposition of unredeemed animals
   94.070   Records of impounded animals
   94.071   Procedure upon suspicion of rabies
   94.072   Animals; disposal of
   94.073   Disposal of animal carcasses
Administration
   94.085   Licenses; generally
   94.086   Enforcement
 
   94.999   Penalty
Editor’s note:
   Included here are the index and footnotes from Ord. 121, Section 7.  The chapter set out below include references made to the applicable general laws including, but not limited to: Cruelty to Animals, G.S. §§ 14-360 et seq.; livestock law, G.S. §§ 68-15 et seq.; protection of animals, G.S. §§ 19A-1 et seq.; rabies, G.S. §§ 106-364 et seq.; regulation of the use of pesticides, G.S. §§ 143-440 et seq.; dogs, G.S. §§ 67-1 et seq.; abuse of animals, G.S. § 160A-182; noise regulation, G.S. § 160A-184; regulations of domestic animals, G.S. § 160A-186; possession or harboring of dangerous animals, G.S. § 160A-187; bird sanctuaries G.S. § 160A-188; abatement of public health nuisances G.S. § 160A-193;  regulating and licensing business, trades, etc. G.S. § 160A-194; privilege license taxes, G.S. § 160A-211; animal taxes, G.S. § 160A-212; animal shelter, G.S. § 160A-493; and disposition of dead domesticated animals, G.S. § 106-403; and that a federal law reference be made to the Animal Welfare Act of 1970, Title 7 United States Code Section 2131 et seq.  Some of the state statutory cites and federal cites may have changed, been amended or repealed.