G.S. 14-81
§ 14-81. Larceny of horses, mules, swine, cattle, or dogs.
(a) Larceny of horses, mules, swine, or cattle is a Class H felony.
     (a1) Larceny of a dog is a Class I felony.
(b) In sentencing a person convicted of violating this section, the judge shall, as a minimum punishment, place a person on probation
      subject to the following conditions:

(1) A person must make restitution for the damage or loss caused by the larceny of the livestock or dogs, and
(2) A person must pay a fine of not less than the amount of the damages or loss caused by the larceny of the livestock or dogs.

(c) No provision in this section shall limit the authority of the judge to sentence the person convicted of violating this section to an active
     sentence. (1866-7, c. 62; 1868, c. 37, s. 1; 1879, c. 234, s. 2; Code, s. 1066; Rev., s. 3505; 1917, c. 162, s. 2; C.S., s. 4260; 1965,
     c. 621, s. 6; 1981, c. 664, s. 2; 1989, c. 773, s. 2; 1993, c. 539, s. 1171; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)

G.S. 14-82
§ 14-82. Taking horses, mules, or dogs for temporary purposes.
If any person shall unlawfully take and carry away any horse, gelding, mare, mule, or dog, the property of another person, secretly and against the will of the owner of such property, with intent to deprive the owner of the special or temporary use of the same, or with the intent to use such property for a special or temporary purpose, the person so offending shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1879, c. 234, s. 1; Code, s. 1067; Rev., s. 3509; 1913, c. 11; C.S., s. 4261; 1969, c. 1224, s. 3; 1989, c. 773, s. 3; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 14, s. 3.3.)

G.S. 14-85
§ 14-85. Pursuing or injuring livestock with intent to steal.
If any person shall pursue, kill or wound any horse, mule, ass, jennet, cattle, hog, sheep orgoat, the property of another, with the intent unlawfully and feloniously to convert the same tohis own use, he shall be guilty of a Class H felony, and shall be punishable, in all respects, as ifconvicted of larceny, though such animal may not have come into the actual possession of theperson so offending. (1866, c. 57; Code, s. 1068; Rev., s. 3504; C.S., s. 4264; 1993, c. 539, s.1172; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)

G.S. 14-103
§ 14-103. Obtaining certificate of registration of animals by false representation.
If any person shall, by any false representation or pretense, with intent to defraud or cheat,obtain from any club, association, society or company for the improvement of the breed of cattle,horses, sheep, swine, fowls or other domestic animals or birds, a certificate of registration of anyanimal in the herd register of any such association, society or company, or a transfer of any suchregistration, upon conviction thereof, the person is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. (1891, c. 94,s. 1; Rev. s. 3308; C.S., s. 4280; 1993, c. 539, s. 41; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)

G.S. 14-163
§ 14-163. Poisoning livestock.
If any person shall willfully and unlawfully poison any horse, mule, hog, sheep or otherlivestock, the property of another, such person shall be punished as a Class I felon. (1898-9, c.253; Code, s. 1003; Rev., s. 3313; C.S., s. 4334; 1969, c. 1224, s. 3; 1973, c. 1388; 1979, c. 760,s. 5; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1316, s. 47; 1981, c. 63, s. 1, c. 179, s. 14.)

G.S. 14-165
Article 24.
Vehicles and Draft Animals-Protection of Bailor against Acts of Bailee.
§ 14-165. Malicious or willful injury to hired personal property.
Any person who shall rent or hire from any person, firm or corporation, any horse, mule orlike animal, or any buggy, wagon, truck, automobile, or other like vehicle, aircraft, motor, trailer,appliance, equipment, tool, or other thing of value, who shall maliciously or willfully injure ordamage the same by in any way using or driving the same in violation of any statute of the Stateof North Carolina, or who shall permit any other person so to do, shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1927, c. 61, s. 1; 1965, c. 1073, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 109; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)

G.S. 14-166
§ 14-166. Subletting of hired property.
Any person who shall rent or hire, any horse, mule, or other like animal, or any buggy, wagon, truck, automobile, or other like vehicle, aircraft, motor, trailer, appliance, equipment, tool, or other thing of value, who shall, without the permission of the person, firm or corporation from whom such property is rented or hired, sublet or rent the same to any other person, firm or corporation, shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1927, c. 61, s. 2; 1965, c. 1073, s. 2; 1969, c. 1224, s. 15; 1993, c. 539, s. 110; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)

G.S. 14-167
§ 14-167. Failure to return hired property.
Any person who shall rent or hire, any horse, mule or other like animal, or any buggy, wagon, truck, automobile, or other vehicle, aircraft, motor, trailer, appliance, equipment, tool, or other thing of value, and who shall willfully fail to return the same to the possession of the person, firm or corporation from whom such property has been rented or hired at the expiration of the time for which such property has been rented or hired, shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.
If the value at the time of the rental or hiring of the truck, automobile, or other motor vehicle that is not returned is in excess of four thousand dollars ($4,000), the person who rented or hired it and failed to return it shall be guilty of a Class H felony. (1927, c. 61, s. 3; 1965, c. 1073, s. 3; 1969, c. 1224, s. 15; 1993, c. 539, s. 111; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2005-182, s. 1.)

G.S. 14-168
§ 14-168. Hiring with intent to defraud.
Any person who shall, with intent to cheat and defraud the owner thereof of the rental price therefor, hire or rent any horse or mule or any other like animal, or any buggy, wagon, truck, automobile or other like vehicle, aircraft, motor, trailer, appliance, equipment, tool, or other thing of value, or who shall obtain the possession of the same by false and fraudulent statements made with intent to deceive, which are calculated to deceive, and which do deceive, shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1927, c. 61, s. 4; 1965, c. 1073, s. 4; 1969, c. 1224, s. 15; 1993, c. 539, s. 112; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)

G.S. 14-168.2
§ 14-168.2. Definitions.
For the purposes of this Article, the terms "rent," "hire" and "lease" are used to designate the letting for hire of any horse, mule or other like animal, or any buggy, wagon, truck, automobile, aircraft, motor, trailer, appliance, equipment, tool, or other thing of value by lease, bailment, or rental agreement. (1965, c. 1073, s. 5.)

G.S. 14-367
§ 14-367. Altering the brands of and misbranding another's livestock.
If any person shall knowingly alter or deface the mark or brand of any other person's horse, mule, ass, neat cattle, sheep, goat, or hog, or shall knowingly mismark or brand any such beast that may be unbranded or unmarked, not properly his own, with intent to defraud any other person, the person so offending shall be guilty of a Class H felony. (1797, c. 485, s. 2, P.R.; R.C., c. 34, s. 57; Code, s. 1001; Rev., s. 3317; C.S., s. 4495; 1993, c. 539, s. 1237; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)

G.S. 14-380.1
Article 51A.
Protection of Horse Shows.
§ 14-380.1. Bribery of horse show judges or officials.
Any person who bribes, or offers to bribe, any judge or other official in any horse show, with intent to influence his decision or judgment concerning said horse show, shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1963, c. 1100, s. 1; 1969, c. 1224, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 251; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)

G.S. 14-380.2
§ 14-380.2. Bribery attempts to be reported.
Any judge or other official of any horse show shall report to the resident superior court district attorney any attempt to bribe him with respect to his decisions in any horse show, and a failure to so report shall constitute a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1963, c. 1100, s. 2; 1969, c. 1224, s. 1; 1973, c. 47, s. 2; 1993, c. 539, s. 252; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14 (c.)

G.S. 14-380.4
§ 14-380.4. Printing Article in horse show schedules.
The provisions of this Article shall be printed on all schedules for any horse show held prior to January 1, 1965. (1963, c. 1100, s. 4.)

G.S. 20-118.1
§ 20-118.1. Officers may weigh vehicles and require overloads to be removed.
A law enforcement officer may stop and weigh a vehicle to determine if the vehicle's weight is in compliance with the vehicle's declared gross weight and the weight limits set in this Part. The officer may require the driver of the vehicle to drive to a scale located within five miles of where the officer stopped the vehicle.

Any person operating a vehicle or a combination of vehicles having a GVWR of 10,001 pounds or more or any vehicle transporting hazardous materials that is required to be placarded under 49 C.F.R. § 171-180 must enter a permanent weigh station or temporary inspection or weigh site as directed by duly erected signs or an electronic transponder for the purpose of being electronically screened for compliance, or weighed, or inspected.

If the vehicle's weight exceeds the amount allowable, the officer may detain the vehicle until the overload has been removed. Any property removed from a vehicle because the vehicle was overloaded is the responsibility of the owner or operator of the vehicle. The State is not liable for damage to or loss of the removed property.

Failure to permit a vehicle to be weighed or to remove an overload is a misdemeanor of the Class set in G.S. 20-176. An officer must weigh a vehicle with a scale that has been approved by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

A privately owned noncommercial horse trailer constructed to transport four or fewer horses shall not be required to stop at any permanent weigh station in the State while transporting horses, unless the driver of the vehicle hauling the trailer is directed to stop by a law enforcement officer. A "privately owned noncommercial horse trailer" means a trailer used solely for the occasional transportation of horses and not for compensation or in furtherance of a commercial enterprise. (1927, c. 148, s. 37; 1949, c. 1207, s. 3; 1951, c. 1013, s. 4; 1979, c. 436, ss. 1, 2; 1981 (Reg. Sess., 1982), c. 1259, s. 2; 1993, c. 539, s. 356; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 1995, c. 109, s. 4; 1997-261, s. 109; 2001-487, s. 50(f); 2003-338, s. 1.)

Article 7.
Miscellaneous Provisions Relating to Motor Vehicles.
§ 20-216. Passing horses or other draft animals.
Any person operating a motor vehicle shall use reasonable care when approaching or passing a horse or other draft animal whether ridden or otherwise under control. (1917, c. 140, s. 15; C.S., s. 2616; 1969, c. 401.)

Article 4.
Stock along the Outer Banks.
§ 68-42. Stock running at large prohibited; certain ponies excepted.
From and after July 1, 1958, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to allow his or its horses, cattle, goats, sheep, or hogs to run free or at large along the outer banks of this State. This Article shall not apply to horses known as marsh ponies or banks ponies on Ocracoke Island, Hyde County. This Article shall not apply to horses known as marsh ponies or banks ponies on Shackleford Banks between Beaufort Inlet and Barden's Inlet in Carteret County. Saving and excepting those animals known as "banker ponies" on the island of Ocracoke owned by the Boy Scouts and not exceeding 35 in number. (1957, c. 1057, s. 1; 1997-456, s. 9.)

G.S. 80-45
Article 6.
Cattle Brands.
§ 80-45. Owners of stock to register brand or marks.
Every person who has any horses, cattle, hogs or sheep may have an earmark or brand different from the earmark or brand of all other persons, which he shall record with the clerk of the board of commissioners of the county where his horses, cattle, hogs or sheep are; and he may brand all horses 18 months old and upwards with the said brand, and earmark all his hogs and sheep six months old and upwards with the said earmark; and earmark or brand all his cattle 12 months old and upwards; and if any dispute shall arise about any earmark or brand, the same shall be decided by the record thereof. (R.C., c. 17, s. 1; Code, s. 2317; Rev., s. 3028; C.S., s. 4017.)

G.S. 80-58
§ 80-58. Definitions.
(a) "Board". – The term "Board" means the North Carolina Board of Agriculture.
(b) "Brand". – The term "brand" means an identification mark permanently affixed into the hide of livestock by a hot iron or an extremely
     cold brand known as a "freeze brand."
(c) "Commissioner". – The term "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture of the State of North Carolina.
(d) "Livestock". – The term "livestock" means cattle, horses, ponies, mules, and asses.
(e) "Person". – The term "person" means an individual, firm, company, association, partnership or corporation. (1935, c. 232, s. 1; 1975,
     c. 261, s. 1.)

G.S. 130A-189 Page 1
§ 130A-189. Rabies vaccination certificates.
A person who administers a rabies vaccine shall complete a rabies vaccination certificate. The Commission shall adopt rules specifying the information that must be included on the certificate. An original rabies vaccination certificate shall be given to the owner of the animal that receives the rabies vaccine. A copy of the rabies vaccination certificate shall be retained by the licensed veterinarian or the certified rabies vaccinator. A copy shall also be given to the county agency responsible for animal control, provided the information given to the county agency shall not be used for commercial purposes. (1935, c. 122, s. 6; 1941, c. 259, s. 5; 1959, c. 352; 1983, c. 891, s. 2; 1993, c. 245, s. 1; 2009-327, s. 5.)

§ 99E-1. Definitions.
As used in this Article, the term:
(1) "Engage in an equine activity" means participate in an equine activity, assist a participant in an equine activity, or assist an equine
      activity sponsor or equine professional. The term "engage in an equine activity" does not include being a spectator at an equine activity,
      except in cases in which the spectator places himself in an unauthorized area and in immediate proximity to the equine activity.
(2) "Equine" means a horse, pony, mule, donkey, or hinny.
(3) "Equine activity" means any activity involving an equine.
(4) "Equine activity sponsor" means an individual, group, club, partnership, or corporation, whether the sponsor is operating for profit or
      nonprofit, which sponsors, organizes, or provides the facilities for an equine activity. The term includes operators and promoters of
      equine facilities.
(5) "Equine professional" means a person engaged for compensation in any one or more of the following:

a. Instructing a participant.
b. Renting an equine to a participant for the purpose of riding, driving,
or being a passenger upon the equine.
c. Renting equipment or tack to a participant.
d. Examining or administering medical treatment to an equine.
e. Hooftrimming or placing or replacing horseshoes on an equine.

(6) "Inherent risks of equine activities" means those dangers or conditions that are an integral part of engaging in an equine activity,
      including any of the following:

a. The possibility of an equine behaving in ways that may result in injury, harm, or death to persons on or around them.
b. The unpredictability of an equine's reaction to such things as sounds, sudden movement, unfamiliar objects, persons, or
    other animals. Inherent risks of equine activities does not include a collision or accident involving a motor vehicle.

(7) "Participant" means any person, whether amateur or professional, who engages in an equine activity, whether or not a fee is paid to
      participate in the equine activity. (1997-376, s. 1.)

§ 99E-2. Liability.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, an equine activity sponsor, an equine professional, or any other person engaged in
     an equine activity, including a corporation or partnership, shall not be liable for an injury to or the death of a participant resulting from
     the inherent risks of equine activities and, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, no participant or participant's
     representative shall maintain an action against or recover from an equine activity sponsor, an equine professional, or any other person
     engaged in an equine activity for injury, loss, damage, or death of the participant resulting exclusively from any of the inherent risks of
     equine activities.
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) of this section shall prevent or limit the liability of an equine activity sponsor, an equine professional, or any
     other person engaged in an equine activity if the equine activity sponsor, equine professional, or person engaged in an equine activity
     does any one or more of the following:

(1) Provides the equipment or tack, and knew or should have known that the equipment or tack was faulty, and such faulty
     equipment or tack proximately caused the injury, damage, or death.
(2) Provides the equine and failed to make reasonable and prudent efforts to determine the ability of the participant to engage
     safely in the equine activity or to safely manage the particular equine.
(3) Commits an act or omission that constitutes willful or wanton disregard for the safety of the participant, and that act or
     omission proximately caused the injury, damage, or death.
(4) Commits any other act of negligence or omission that proximately caused the injury, damage, or death.

(c) Nothing in subsection (a) of this section shall prevent or limit the liability of an equine activity sponsor, an equine professional, or any
     other person engaged in an equine activity under liability provisions as set forth in the products liability laws. (1997-376, s. 1.)

§ 99E-3. Warning required.
(a) Every equine professional and every equine activity sponsor shall post and maintain signs which contain the warning notice specified in
     subsection (b) of this section. The signs required by this section shall be placed in a clearly visible location on or near stables, corrals, or
     arenas where the equine professional or the equine activity sponsor conducts equine activities. The warning notice specified in
     subsection (b) of this section shall be designed by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and shall consist of a sign in
     black letters, with each letter to be a minimum of one inch in height. Every written contract entered into by an equine professional or
     by an equine activity sponsor for the providing of professional services, instruction, or the rental of equipment or tack or an equine to
     a participant, whether or not the contract involves equine activities on or off the location or site of the equine professional's or the
     equine activity sponsor's business, shall contain in clearly readable print the warning notice specified in subsection (b) of this section.
(b) The signs and contracts described in subsection (a) of this section shall contain the following warning notice:

Under North Carolina law, an equine activity sponsor or equine professional is not liable for an injury to or the death of a participant in equine activities resulting exclusively from the inherent risks of equine activities. Chapter 99E of the North Carolina General Statutes."

(c) Failure to comply with the requirements concerning warning signs and notices provided in this Article shall prevent an equine activity
     sponsor or equine professional from invoking the privileges of immunity provided by this Article. (1997-376, s. 1.)

§§ 99E-4 through 99E-9. Reserved for future codification purposes.

§ 99E-24. Duties of persons engaged in hazardous recreational activities.
(a) Any person who participates in or assists in hazardous recreational activities assumes the known and unknown inherent risks in these
     activities, irrespective of age, and is legally responsible for all damages, injury, or death to himself or herself or other persons or property
     that result from these activities. Any person who observes hazardous recreational activities assumes the known and unknown inherent
     risks in these activities, irrespective of age, and is legally responsible for all damages, injury, or death to himself or herself that result
     from these activities. No public entity that sponsors, allows, or permits skateboarding, inline skating, or freestyle bicycling on its property
     is required to eliminate, alter, or control the inherent risks in these activities.
(b) While engaged in hazardous recreational activities, irrespective of where such activities occur, a participant is responsible for doing all
     of the following:

(1) Acting within the limits of his or her ability and the purpose and design of the equipment used.
(2) Maintaining control of his or her person and the equipment used.
(3) Refraining from acting in any manner that may cause or contribute to death or injury of himself or herself or other persons.

(c) Failure to comply with the requirement of subsection (b) of this section constitutes negligence. (2003-334, s. 1.)