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General Statutes

Chapter 113

289 published sections.

Article 1 - Powers and Duties of Department of Environmental Quality Generally

Article 1A - Special Peace Officers

Article 12 - General Definitions

Article 13 - Jurisdiction of Conservation Agencies

Article 14A - Coastal and Estuarine Commercial Fishing Licenses

Article 14B - Coastal Recreational Fishing Licenses

Article 14C - Marine Resources Fund and Marine Resources Endowment Fund

Article 15 - Regulation of Coastal Fisheries

Article 16 - Cultivation of Shellfish

Article 16A - Marine Aquaculture

Article 17 - Administrative Provisions; Regulatory Authority of Marine Fisheries Commission and Department

Article 19 - Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact and Commission

Article 19A - Fishery Management Councils

  • N.C.G.S. § 113-259 North Carolina members of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council.
  • N.C.G.S. § 113-260 North Carolina members of the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council.

Article 20 - Miscellaneous Regulatory Provisions

  • N.C.G.S. § 113-261 Taking fish and wildlife for scientific purposes; permits to take in normally unauthorized manner; cultural and scientific operations.
  • N.C.G.S. § 113-262 Taking fish or wildlife by poisons, drugs, explosives or electricity prohibited; exceptions; possession of illegally killed fish or wildlife prohibited.
  • N.C.G.S. § 113-263 Inspecting plans and specifications of dams.
  • N.C.G.S. § 113-264 Regulatory power over agency property; public hunting opportunities; scheduling of managed hunts.
  • N.C.G.S. § 113-265 Obstructing or polluting flow of water into hatchery; throwing fish offal into waters.
  • N.C.G.S. § 113-266 Interference with artificial reef marking devices.
  • N.C.G.S. § 113-267 Replacement costs of marine, estuarine, and wildlife resources; rules authorized; prima facie evidence.
  • N.C.G.S. § 113-268 Injuring, destroying, stealing, or stealing from nets, seines, buoys, pots, etc.
  • N.C.G.S. § 113-269 (Effective until December 1, 2026) Robbing or injuring hatcheries and other aquaculture operations.
  • N.C.G.S. § 113-270 Use of oyster shells by landscape contractors prohibited.

Article 21 - Licenses and Permits Issued by the Wildlife Resources Commission

Article 21B - Criminally Negligent Hunting

Article 22 - Regulation of Wildlife

Article 22A - Use of Poisons and Pesticides

Article 22B - Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact

Article 23 - Administrative Provisions; Assent to Certain Federal Acts

  • N.C.G.S. § 113-301.1 Wildlife Resources Commission obligated to make efforts to notify members of the public who may be affected by operative provisions of statutes and rules.
  • N.C.G.S. § 113-302 Prima facie evidence provisions.
  • N.C.G.S. § 113-302.1 Inspection of licensed or commercial premises; authority to secure inspection warrants.
  • N.C.G.S. § 113-303 Arrest, service of process and witness fees of protectors.
  • N.C.G.S. § 113-304 Reciprocal agreements by Wildlife Resources Commission.
  • N.C.G.S. § 113-305 Cooperative agreements by Wildlife Resources Commission.
  • N.C.G.S. § 113-306 Administrative authority of Wildlife Resources Commission; disposition of license funds; delegation of powers; injunctive relief; emergency powers.
  • N.C.G.S. § 113-307 Adoption of federal laws and regulations.
  • N.C.G.S. § 113-307.1 Legislative assent to specific federal acts.

Article 23A - Promotion of Coastal Fisheries and Seafood Industry

Article 23B - Fishermen's Economic Development Program

Article 23C - North Carolina Marine Industrial Park Authority

Article 24 - Miscellaneous Transitional Provisions

  • N.C.G.S. § 113-316 General statement of purpose and effect of revisions of Subchapter IV made in 1965 and 1979.

Article 25 - Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Wildlife Species of Special Concern

Article 25A - Unified Licenses

Article 26A - Repeal of Acts

Article 27 - Oil and Gas Conservation