GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1983 SESSION
CHAPTER 423
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT HUNTING FROM ROADS AND TO PROHIBIT DEER HUNTING ON THE LANDS OF ANOTHER WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE LANDOWNER IN WILSON COUNTY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt, take, or attempt to take deer by the use of a firearm from a right-of-way of any public numbered road or highway maintained by the North Carolina Department of Transportation without first obtaining the written permission of the owner of the land onto or across which the firearm is discharged where such lands abut the public numbered roads or highways maintained by the North Carolina Department of Transportation.
Sec. 2. Violation of this act is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) or by imprisonment for a period not to exceed 30 days.
Sec. 3. All peace officers of the county and State, including wildlife enforcement officers, are authorized, and it is their duty to aid in the enforcement of this act.
Sec. 4. This act applies only to Wilson County.
Sec. 5. This act shall become effective October 1, 1983.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 3rd day of June, 1983.