N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-135.98: Authority to designate trails.

The Department may establish and designate trails on:

(1) Lands administered by the Department,

(2) Lands under the jurisdiction of a State department, political subdivision, or federal agency, or

(3) Private lands provided, fee-simple title, lesser estates, scenic easements, easements of surface ingress and egress running with the land, leases, or other written agreements are obtained from landowners through which a State trail may pass. (1973, c. 670, s. 1; 1979, c. 6, s. 1; 1991, c. 115, s. 1; 1993, c. 184, s. 4; 2015-241, s. 14.30(f).)