{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-409.45","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-409.45","heading":"Definitions.","body":"The following definitions apply in this Article:\n(1)\tLaw enforcement organization. - A State or national organization whose membership is composed of sworn law enforcement officers, including a regional or local chapter of such a State or national organization.\n(2)\tLaw enforcement shooting range. - A sport shooting range owned or operated by a State, federal, or local law enforcement agency, or by a law enforcement organization.\n(3)\tPerson. - An individual, proprietorship, partnership, corporation, club, or other legal entity.\n(4)\tSport shooting range or range. - An area designed and operated for the use of rifles, shotguns, pistols, silhouettes, skeet, trap, black powder, or any other similar sport shooting.\n(5)\tSubstantial change in use. - The current primary use of the range no longer represents the activity previously engaged in at the range. (1997-465, s. 1; 2025-81, s. 7.)","path":["Chapter 14. Criminal Law.","SUBCHAPTER XI. GENERAL POLICE REGULATIONS.","Article 53C. Sport Shooting Range Protection Act of 1997."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_14/GS_14-409.45.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:32Z","sha256":"79630d310c00d84d10ac3c0618c959cb424b460db19d8c56c7078619d4541a87","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-409.44","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-409.46"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}