{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-1-539.2b","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-539.2B","heading":"Triple damages for injury to agricultural commodities or production systems; define value of agricultural commodities grown for educational, testing, or research purposes.","body":"(a)\tAny person who unlawfully and willfully injures or destroys any other person's agricultural commodities or production system is liable to the owner for triple the value of the commodities or production system injured or destroyed.\n(b)\tFor purposes of this section, the value of agricultural commodities that are grown for educational, testing, or research purposes includes all of the following:\n(1)\tThe diminution in market value of the commodities when the commodities were grown for sale and the plaintiff is the entity who sold the commodities or would have sold the commodities but for their injury or destruction.\n(2)\tCosts to the plaintiff for research and development of the injured or destroyed commodities.\n(3)\tOther incidental and consequential damages proven to have been incurred by the plaintiff.\n(c)\tFor the purpose of this section, the following definitions apply:\n(1)\t\"Agricultural commodities\" means:\na.\tCommodities produced for individual and public use, consumption, and marketing from one of the following:\n1.\tThe cultivation of soil or hydroponics or any other method of production for crops, including fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants.\n2.\tThe planting and production of trees, timber, forests, or forest products.\n3.\tThe raising of livestock, poultry, and eggs.\n4.\tAquaculture as defined in G.S. 106-758.\nb.\tSeed, genetic material, tissue cultures, and any research and development materials, information, and records related to items included in subdivision (1)a. of this subsection developed or used for educational, testing, or research purposes.\n(2)\t\"Production systems\" means land, buildings, and equipment used in the production of agricultural commodities, including aquaculture facilities as defined in G.S. 106-758. (2001-290, s. 1; 2021-78, s. 5(c).)","path":["Chapter 1. Civil Procedure.","SUBCHAPTER XIV. ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES.","Article 43. Nuisance and Other Wrongs."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_1/GS_1-539.2B.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:12Z","sha256":"db17571c145f5a40d8d85ef4b877d7eb9ef9a25e9946c8310f7a6c5e65bc471a","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-1-539.2a","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-1-539.2c"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}