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  G.S. 67-15 is repealed.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.