{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-113-270.1b","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 113-270.1B","heading":"License required to hunt, fish, or trap; fees set by Commission.","body":"(a)\tExcept as otherwise specifically provided by law, no person may hunt, fish, trap, or participate in any other activity regulated by the Wildlife Resources Commission for which a license is provided by law without having first procured a current and valid license authorizing the activity.\n(b)\tExcept as indicated otherwise, all licenses, permits, stamps, and certifications are valid from the date of issue for a period of 12 months.\n(c)\tAs used in this section, the term \"effective date\" means the later of:\n(1)\tThe date of purchase of a new license.\n(2)\tThe first day after the expiration of a currently valid license of the same type held by the licensee.\n(d)\tRepealed by Session Laws 2022-74, s. 15.3(e), effective July 1, 2023.\n(e)\tThe Wildlife Resources Commission shall adopt rules to establish fees for all licenses, permits, stamps, and certifications issued and administered by the Wildlife Resources Commission, except those specified in G.S. 113-173. No rule may increase a fee in excess of the total increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, rounded up to the next whole dollar, over the period of time since the last fee change.\nThe statutory fees for the hunting, fishing, trapping, and activity licenses issued and administered by the Wildlife Resources Commission shall expire when the rules adopted pursuant to this subsection become effective. (1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 684, s. 1; 2012-81, s. 1; 2013-283, ss. 16, 20(b), (c); 2017-57, s. 13A.3; 2019-204, s. 6(a); 2022-74, s. 15.3(e).)","path":["Chapter 113. Conservation and Development.","SUBCHAPTER IV. CONSERVATION OF MARINE AND ESTUARINE AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES.","Article 21. Licenses and Permits Issued by the Wildlife Resources Commission."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_113/GS_113-270.1B.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:17:02Z","sha256":"4ba62498f333d50991e8de79bb675b2bb20c14b8f7b4f3bc9da4335d155ce4b0","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-113-270.1a","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-113-270.1c"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}