NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 687

HOUSE BILL 1226

AN ACT TO OUTLAW ABANDONMENT OF ANIMALS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Article 47 of G.S. Chapter 14 is hereby amended by adding a new section to read as follows:

"§ 14-361.1.  Abandonment. — Any person being the owner or possessor, or having charge or custody of an animal, who willfully and without justifiable excuse abandons the animal is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to two hundred dollars ($200.00)."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 29th day of May, 1979.