113-291.13. Application of wildlife laws to opossums.
No State or local statutes, rules, regulations, or ordinances related to the capture, captivity, treatment, or release of wildlife shall apply to the Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana) between the dates of December 29 of each year and January 2 of each subsequent year. (2015-73, s. 1.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development
Article 22 - Regulation of Wildlife.
§ 113-291 - General restrictions.
§ 113-291.1 - Manner of taking wild animals and wild birds.
§ 113-291.1A - Computer-assisted remote hunting prohibited.
§ 113-291.3 - Possession, sale, and transportation of wildlife.
§ 113-291.4 - Regulation of foxes; study of fox and fur-bearer populations.
§ 113-291.4A - Open seasons for taking foxes with firearms.
§ 113-291.4B - Taking foxes and coyotes in certain counties.
§ 113-291.5A - Exemption from civil liability for landholder permitting retrieval of hunting dogs.
§ 113-291.6 - Regulation of trapping.
§ 113-291.7 - Regulation of bears; limited retention of local acts closing bear seasons.
§ 113-291.8 - Requirement to display hunter orange.
§ 113-291.9 - Taking of beaver.
§ 113-291.10 - Beaver Damage Control Advisory Board.
§ 113-291.11 - Feeding of alligators prohibited.
§ 113-291.12 - Unlawful to remove live feral swine from traps.
§ 113-291.13 - Application of wildlife laws to opossums.
§ 113-293 - Obstructing rivers or creeks; keeping open fishways in dams.
§ 113-294 - Specific violations.
§ 113-294.1 - Wildlife Poacher Reward Fund.
§ 113-295 - Unlawful harassment of persons taking wildlife resources.
§ 113-296 - Disabled Sportsman Program.
§ 113-297 - Method exemptions for disabled persons.
§ 113-298 - Unlawful use of facilities provided for disabled sportsman.