GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1983 SESSION
CHAPTER 35
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 G.S. 67-15 is repealed.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.