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North Carolina · N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-363.1
Quote checked October 14, 2026 Text match only; current legal status and enforcement not verified.
“If any person, firm or corporation shall sell, or offer for sale, barter or give away as premiums living baby chicks, ducklings, or other fowl or rabbits under eight weeks of age as pets or novelties, such person, firm or corporation shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.”
“Provided, that nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prohibit the sale of nondomesticated species of chicks, ducklings, or other fowl, or of other fowl from proper brooder facilities by hatcheries or stores engaged in the business of selling them for purposes other than for pets or novelties.”
This section doesn't print a penalty of its own. Other parts of the North Carolina General Statutes may set one; we haven't looked them up, so we don't state one here.
“(1973, c. 466, s. 1; 1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 967, s. 4; 1993, c. 539, s. 245; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)”
The earliest year in this note is 1973. That's the earliest year the note prints. It doesn't establish when this wording was enacted, took effect or first appeared.
Our reading
Selling, offering, bartering or giving away as premiums live baby chicks, ducklings or other fowl, or rabbits under eight weeks old, as pets or novelties is a Class 3 misdemeanor in North Carolina. The proviso says the section does not prohibit sales of nondomesticated species of chicks, ducklings or other fowl. It also describes sales of other fowl from proper brooder facilities by hatcheries or stores selling them for purposes other than pets or novelties.
Written by Silly Rules from the quoted text above. It's a plain reading, not legal advice. We haven't researched how courts read this section or how often anyone enforces it.
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