{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-141-8","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 141-8","heading":"Northern lateral seaward boundary.","body":"The lateral seaward boundary between North Carolina and Virginia eastward from the low-water mark of the Atlantic Ocean shall be and is hereby designated as a line beginning at the intersection of the low-water mark of the Atlantic Ocean and the existing North Carolina-Virginia boundary line; thence due east on a true 90 degree bearing to the seaward jurisdictional limit of North Carolina; such boundary line to be extended on the true 90 degree bearing as far as a need for further delineation may arise. (1969, c. 841; 1971, c. 452, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 141. State Boundaries."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_141/GS_141-8.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:22:22Z","sha256":"a7ce2c6cd3037d117ec247733675fca71177b355c9973b43fe36cb631c8ee672","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-141-7.1","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-141-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}