{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-418","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-418","heading":"Prohibited handling of reptiles or suggesting or inducing others to handle.","body":"(a)\tIt shall be unlawful for any person to handle any reptile regulated under this Article in a manner that intentionally or negligently exposes another person to unsafe contact with the reptile.\n(b)\tIt shall be unlawful for any person to intentionally or negligently suggest, entice, invite, challenge, intimidate, exhort or otherwise induce or aid any person to handle or expose himself in an unsafe manner to any reptile regulated under this Article.\n(c)\tSafe and responsible handling of reptiles for purposes of animal husbandry, exhibition, training, transport, and education is permitted under this section. (1949, c. 1084, s. 3; 2009-344, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 14. Criminal Law.","SUBCHAPTER XI. GENERAL POLICE REGULATIONS.","Article 55. Regulation of Certain Reptiles."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_14/GS_14-418.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:32Z","sha256":"177e78ba2f43659e61200a2d99ce23627c4047aaa307af449500670e90c7c60d","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-417.2","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-419"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}