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View NCGA Bill Details2023-2024 Session
House Bill 226 (Public) Filed Tuesday, February 28, 2023
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN LEASES, OFFERS TO LEASE, SALES, OR OFFERS TO SELL A LIVING CAT OR DOG FOR PERSONAL, FAMILY, OR HOUSEHOLD USE.
Intro. by Harris, Setzer.

Status: Re-ref Com On Judiciary 1 (House action) (Mar 21 2023)
H 226

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: Feb 28 2023 - View Summary

    Contains whereas clauses. Amends Chapter 19A of the General Statutes by adding Article 7, GS 19A-80 which does the following:
    (1) Prohibits the sale or lease (or the offer of) of cats or dogs for family, personal, or household use when the offer to sell or lease includes a provision authorizing the use of the cat or dog as security where the cat or dog can be repossessed by the seller or lessor contingent on the purchaser making payments;
    (2) Excludes from this prohibition: agreements to lease pure-bread dogs for breeding, agreements to use a cat or dog in spectator events or entertainment media, agreements related to service animals, and agreements related to security or police/military dogs;
    (3) Makes it a Class 2 misdemeanor to violate this prohibition;
    (4) Establishes that violation of this prohibition constitutes and unfair and deceptive trade practice in violation of GS 75-1.1 (declaring certain unfair and deceptive practices affecting commerce unlawful); and
    (5) Provides that contracts violating this prohibition are null and void.
    Effective December 1, 2023, and applies to contracts entered into and offenses committed on or after that date.