{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-77-7","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 77-7","heading":"Failure of owner of dam to keep gates, etc.","body":"If any owner or keeper of a mill, whose dam is across any stream, shall fail to build a gate and slope therein, or thereafter to keep and maintain the same as required by commissioners to lay off rivers and creeks, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1858-9, c. 26, s. 4; Code, s. 3715; Rev., s. 3383; C.S., s. 7371; 1993, c. 539, s. 579; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)","path":["Chapter 77. Rivers, Creeks, and Coastal Waters.","Article 1. Commissioners for Opening and Clearing Streams."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_77/GS_77-7.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:09:57Z","sha256":"8446b5d9664e077ddf900c016713418d81a4d1f8aad8d6a58e9b0c05be748882","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-77-6","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-77-8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}