{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-113-221.5","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 113-221.5","heading":"Right of entry to enforce certain sanitation requirements.","body":"The Secretary of Environmental Quality and a local health director shall each have the delegable right of entry upon the premises of any place where entry is necessary to enforce the provisions of G.S. 113-221.2(a) or the rules adopted by the Marine Fisheries Commission or a local board of health. If consent for entry is not obtained, an administrative search and inspection warrant shall be obtained pursuant to G.S. 15-27.2. However, if an imminent hazard exists, no warrant is required for entry upon the premises. (2016-94, s. 14.15.)","path":["Chapter 113. Conservation and Development.","SUBCHAPTER IV. CONSERVATION OF MARINE AND ESTUARINE AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES.","Article 17. Administrative Provisions; Regulatory Authority of Marine Fisheries Commission and Department."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_113/GS_113-221.5.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:17:02Z","sha256":"d955f61a6a2d282ab39656d741fa3a70d3c7682fb265d3c4acaf23b6fed69983","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-113-221.4","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-113-222"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}