North Carolina General Statutes
Article 22 - Regulation of Wildlife.
§ 113-291.5A - Exemption from civil liability for landholder permitting retrieval of hunting dogs.

113-291.5A. Exemption from civil liability for landholder permitting retrieval of hunting dogs.
(a) It is the intent of the General Assembly to recognize that hunting with dogs is a valuable part of the outdoor heritage of the State of North Carolina, and it is further the intent of the General Assembly to encourage cooperative and neighborly agreements between landowners and hunters to allow legal retrieval of hunting dogs.
(b) Any person, as an owner, lessee, occupant, or otherwise in control of land, who gives permission to a hunter to enter upon the land for the purpose of retrieving hunting dogs that have strayed onto the land owes that hunter the same duty of care the person owes a trespasser. (2015-144, s. 8.)

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.

§ 113-291.2 - Seasons and bag limits on wild animals and birds; including animals and birds taken in bag; possession and transportation of wildlife after taking.

§ 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.

§ 113-291.5 - Regulation of dogs used in hunting; limitations on authority of Wildlife Resources Commission; control of dogs on game lands; control of dogs chasing deer; other restrictions.

§ 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.

§ 113-292 - Authority of the Wildlife Resources Commission in regulation of inland fishing and the introduction of exotic species.

§ 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.

§ 113-299 - Aerial management of feral swine.