NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 587
HOUSE BILL 675

AN ACT REGULATING USE OF FIREARMS AND THE HUNTING OF DEER IN CLEVELAND COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  It shall be unlawful for any person to possess any centerfire rifle upon or on the lands of another or to hunt with such centerfire rifle upon the lands of another without first having secured the express written permission of the owner or lessee of the land upon which such rifle is possessed or hunted with or over or across which such centerfire rifle is discharged. Such written permission must be in the possession of the person who has possession of such centerfire rifle and said permission shall be dated and good for not more than 10 days from the issuance thereof.
Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge any centerfire rifle from, to or across any State-maintained road or highway. This act shall not be interpreted to make unlawful the mere possession of a centerfire rifle on any State-maintained road or highway when such rifle is being transported within or on any motor vehicle.
Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt, take, or kill deer at any time without first having secured the express written permission of the owner or lessee of the land upon which he is hunting, taking or killing deer. Such written permission must be in the possession of the person who is hunting, taking or killing deer and said permission shall be dated and good for not more than 10 days from the issuance thereof.
Sec. 4. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) or imprisoned not more than 30 days, or both fined and imprisoned, in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 5. All law enforcement officers, including wildlife protectors, shall have the authority, upon request of a landowner or lessee of land, to enforce the provisions of this act.
Sec. 6. This act shall be effective only as to those lands in Cleveland County lying north of U.S. Highway 74 and south of secondary road 1361 and N.C. Highway 182.
Sec. 7. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 18th day of May, 1979.