19-8.2. Right of entry.
Authorized representatives of the Commission for Public Health, any local health department or the Department of Health and Human Services, upon presenting appropriate credentials to the owner, operator, or agent in charge of a place described in G.S. 19-1.2, are authorized to enter without delay and at any reasonable time any such place in order to inspect and investigate during the regular hours of operation of such place. (1977, c. 819, s. 9; 1997-443, s. 11A.118(a); 2007-182, s. 2.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 19 - Offenses Against Public Morals
Article 1 - Abatement of Nuisances.
§ 19-1 - What are nuisances under this Chapter.
§ 19-1.2 - Types of nuisances.
§ 19-1.3 - Personal property as a nuisance; knowledge of nuisance.
§ 19-1.4 - Liability of successive owners for continuing nuisance.
§ 19-1.5 - Abatement does not preclude action.
§ 19-2.1 - Action for abatement; injunction.
§ 19-2.2 - Pleadings; jurisdiction; venue; application for preliminary injunction.
§ 19-2.4 - Notice of hearing on preliminary injunction; consolidation.
§ 19-2.5 - Hearing on the preliminary injunction; issuance.
§ 19-3 - Priority of action; evidence.
§ 19-4 - Violation of injunction; punishment.
§ 19-5 - Content of final judgment and order.
§ 19-6.1 - Forfeiture of real property.