{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-68-21","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 68-21","heading":"Illegally releasing or receiving impounded livestock misdemeanor.","body":"If any person willfully releases any lawfully impounded livestock without the permission of the impounder or receives such livestock knowing that it was unlawfully released, he shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. (Code, s. 2819; 1889, c. 504; Rev., s. 3310; C.S., s. 1853; 1971, c. 741, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 537; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)","path":["Chapter 68. Fences and Stock Law.","Article 3. Livestock Law."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_68/GS_68-21.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:08:02Z","sha256":"dad169580d607de53bb18495346eb2ca518a36a3283478617b919a04a90ee85b","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-68-20","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-68-22"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}