North Carolina General Statutes 106-541. Definitions
For the purpose of this Article, the following definitions apply:
(1) “Hatchery” means any establishment that operates hatchery equipment for the production of baby chicks or poults.
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 106-541
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
(2) “Hatching egg dealer, chick dealer, or jobber” means any person, firm, or corporation that buys hatching eggs, baby chicks, or turkey poults and sells or offers them for sale.
(3) “Live poultry or ratite dealer” means a person who sells or offers for sale to the general public live poultry or ratites. Live poultry or ratite dealer does not include persons who sell on their own premises live poultry or ratites that were raised on the same premises.
(4) “Mixed chicks” or “assorted chicks” means chicks produced from eggs from purebred females of a distinct breed mated to a purebred male of a distinct breed.
(5) “Poultry” means live chickens, doves, ducks, geese, grouse, guinea fowl, partridges, pea fowl, pheasants, pigeons, quail, swans, or turkeys other than chicks or poults.
(6) “Ratite” has the same meaning as in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-549.15 (1945, c. 616, s. 3; 1969, c. 464; 1998-212, s. 13.10(b).)