{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-361","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-361","heading":"Instigating or promoting cruelty to animals.","body":"If any person shall willfully set on foot, or instigate, or move to, carry on, or promote, or engage in, or do any act towards the furtherance of any act of cruelty to any animal, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1881, c. 368, s. 6; Code, s. 2487; 1891, c. 65; Rev., s. 3300; C.S., s. 4484; 1953, c. 857, s. 1; 1969, c. 1224, s. 3; 1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 967, s. 1; 1989, c. 670, s. 2; 1993, c. 539, s. 240; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)","path":["Chapter 14. Criminal Law.","SUBCHAPTER XI. GENERAL POLICE REGULATIONS.","Article 47. Cruelty to Animals."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_14/GS_14-361.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:32Z","sha256":"a6a7f159576a8025fb6cef44c824bafd8156ed39a36edd8aa61ca8d861f8d933","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-360.1","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-361.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}