{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-75a-13.1","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75A-13.1","heading":"Skin and scuba divers.","body":"(a)\tNo person shall engage in skin diving or scuba diving in the waters of this State that are open to boating, or assist in such diving, without displaying a diver's flag from a mast, buoy, or other structure at the place of diving; and no person shall display such flag except when diving operations are under way or in preparation.\n(b)\tThe diver's flag shall be square, not less than 12 inches on a side, and shall be of red background with a diagonal white stripe, of a width equal to one fifth of the flag's height, running from the upper corner adjacent to the mast downward to the opposite outside corner.\n(c)\tNo operator of a vessel under way in the waters of this State shall permit the vessel to approach closer than 50 feet to any structure from which a diver's flag is then being displayed, except where the flag is so positioned as to constitute an unreasonable obstruction to navigation; and no person shall engage in skin diving or scuba diving or display a diver's flag in any locality that will unreasonably obstruct vessels from making legitimate navigational use of the water.\n(d)\tA person who violates a provision of this section is responsible for an infraction as provided in G.S. 14-3.1. (1969, c. 97, s. 1; 2006-185, s. 1; 2013-360, s. 18B.15(b); 2013-380, s. 6.)","path":["Chapter 75A. Boating and Water Safety.","Article 1. Boating Safety Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_75A/GS_75A-13.1.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:09:22Z","sha256":"57e47c97ef8693f4dbcea1bec908b4e83eeb868a45180683c0ff00af15f292bd","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-75a-13","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-75a-13.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}