North Carolina General Statutes 130A-184. Definitions
The following definitions apply in this Part:
(1) Animal Control Officer. – A city or county employee whose responsibility includes animal control. The term “Animal Control Officer” also includes agents of a private organization that is operating an animal shelter under contract with a city or county whenever those agents are performing animal control functions at the shelter.
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 130A-184
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- 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
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
- United States: shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
(2) Cat. – A domestic feline of the genus and species Felis catus.
(3) Certified rabies vaccinator. – A person appointed and certified to administer rabies vaccine to animals in accordance with this Part.
(4) Dog. – A domestic canine of the genus, species, and subspecies Canis lupus familiaris.
(4a) Feral. – An animal that is not socialized.
(4b) Ferret. – A domestic mammal of the genus, species, and subspecies Mustela putorius furo.
(5) Rabies vaccine. – An animal rabies vaccine licensed by the United States Department of Agriculture and approved for use in this State by the Commission.
(6) State Public Heath Veterinarian. – A person appointed by the Secretary to direct the State public health veterinary program.
(6a) Stray. – An animal that meets both of the following conditions:
a. Is beyond the limits of confinement or lost.
b. Is not wearing any tags, microchips, tattoos, or other methods of identification.
(7) Vaccination. – The administration of rabies vaccine by a person authorized to administer it under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-185 (1935, c. 122, s. 1; 1949, c. 645, s. 1; 1953, c. 876, s. 1; 1957, c. 1357, s. 3; 1973, c. 476, s. 128; 1983, c. 891, s. 2; 2009-304, s. 2; 2009-327, s. 1.)