{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-106-792","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-792","heading":"Definitions.","body":"The following definitions apply in this Article:\n(1)\tAssociation. - The North Carolina Pork Producers Association, Inc., a North Carolina nonprofit corporation.\n(2)\tBuyer. - Any person engaged as (i) a commission merchant, (ii) an auction market, or (iii) a livestock market in the business of receiving porcine animals for sale on commission for or on behalf of a pork producer.\n(3)\tDepartment. - The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.\n(4)\tMarket. - To sell, slaughter for sale, or otherwise dispose of a porcine animal in commerce.\n(5)\tPerson. - An individual, a partnership, a firm, or a corporation.\n(6)\tPorcine animal. - Swine raised for seed stock, market hogs, or slaughter.\n(7)\tPork producer. - A person who (i) is a North Carolina resident, (ii) owns, manages, or has a financial interest in pork production, and (iii) is actively involved in the production of porcine animals. (1991, c. 605, s. 1; 1997-261, s. 79.)","path":["Chapter 106. Agriculture.","Article 66. Pork Promotion Assessment Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_106/GS_106-792.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:16:07Z","sha256":"899f0b6b178e9efe34b6f249f08e20a6cab5f25751feaf060d6877edbea1de45","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-106-791","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-106-793"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}