GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 35

SENATE BILL 72

 

AN ACT TO MAKE DOGS AND OTHER ANIMALS IN A PERSON'S POSSESSION THE SUBJECT OF LARCENY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 14-84 is rewritten to read:

"§ 14-84. Animals subject to larceny.-All common law distinctions among animals with respect to their being subject to larceny are abolished. Any animal that is in a person's possession is the subject of larceny."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 67-15 is repealed.

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective for offenses committed on or after October 1, 1983.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 24th day of February, 1983.