{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-130a-199","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-199","heading":"Rabid animals to be destroyed; heads to be sent to State Laboratory of Public Health.","body":"An animal diagnosed as having rabies by a licensed veterinarian shall be destroyed and its head sent to the State Laboratory of Public Health. The heads of all animals that die during a confinement period required by this Part shall be immediately sent to the State Laboratory of Public Health for rabies diagnosis. (1935, c. 122, s. 16; 1953, c. 876, s. 12; 1973, c. 476, s. 128; 1983, c. 891, s. 2; 2009-327, s. 14.)","path":["Chapter 130A. Public Health.","Article 6. Communicable Diseases.","Part 6. Rabies."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_130A/GS_130A-199.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:20:37Z","sha256":"c0753cac48c77de7105742adde0b67011faf84365315b8bd20b44cf8cdeca701","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-130a-198","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-130a-200"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}