{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-363.3","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-363.3","heading":"Confinement of animals in motor vehicles.","body":"(a)\tIn order to protect the health and safety of an animal, any animal control officer, animal cruelty investigator appointed under G.S. 19A-45, law enforcement officer, firefighter, or rescue squad worker, who has probable cause to believe that an animal is confined in a motor vehicle under conditions that are likely to cause suffering, injury, or death to the animal due to heat, cold, lack of adequate ventilation, or under other endangering conditions, may enter the motor vehicle by any reasonable means under the circumstances after making a reasonable effort to locate the owner or other person responsible for the animal.\n(b)\tNothing in this section shall be construed to apply to the transportation of horses, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, or other livestock. (2013-377, s. 6.)","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_14-363.3.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:32Z","sha256":"618268efecbfc3b10fe9caf1cade21e688b534e1673feef560de0d9a916fef1a","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-363.2","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-364"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}