North Carolina Administrative Code

15A NCAC 10F .0345 CHATHAM AND WAKE COUNTIES (a) Regulated Areas. This Rule shall apply to the following waters of the Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant Reservoir, otherwise known as Harris Reservoir, in Chatham and Wake counties: (1) all waters within 50 yards of any marked boa…

15A NCAC 10F .0346 ARROWHEAD BEACH SUBDIVISION (a) Regulated Areas. This Rule shall apply to the following waters or portions of waters in Chowan County: (1) Chowan River. The waters within 350 feet of the shoreline of the Arrowhead Beach Subdivision Park pier and swim area, from…

15A NCAC 10F .0347 CRAVEN COUNTY (a) Regulated Areas. This Rule applies to the following waters in Craven County: (1) New Bern: (A) the portion of Northwest Creek from the entrance buoys at Northwest Creek Marina, north of a line from a point on the east shore at 35.06357 N, 76.9…

15A NCAC 10F .0348 PERSON COUNTY (a) Regulated Area. This Rule shall apply to the Mayo Electric Generating Plant Reservoir, otherwise known as Mayo Reservoir, in Person County. (b) Restricted Zones. Except for authorized personnel of the power company, no person shall operate a v…

15A NCAC 10F .0349 JOHN H. MOSS LAKE (a) Regulated Area. This Rule shall apply to the Kings Mountain water supply reservoir known as John H. Moss Lake, in Cleveland County. (b) Speed Limit Near Boat Facilities. No person shall operate a vessel at greater than no-wake speed within…

15A NCAC 10F .0350 DURHAM AND WAKE COUNTIES (a) Regulated Areas. This Rule shall apply to the waters of Falls Lake in Durham and Wake counties. (b) Speed Limit. No person shall operate a vessel at greater than no-wake speed: (1) while within a designated mooring area established …

15A NCAC 10F .0351 NEW BERN (a) Regulated Area. This Rule shall apply to that part of the Trent River that is located within the city limits of New Bern in Craven County. (b) Speed Limit. No person shall operate a vessel at greater than no-wake speed on the Trent River between th…

15A NCAC 10F .0352 CAMDEN COUNTY (a) Regulated Areas. This Rule shall apply to the waters described below: (1) the waters of Edgewater Canal, beginning at a point at 36.17539 N, 75.97945 W, parallel with and along the south shore of Camden Point and the connecting channels to Alb…

15A NCAC 10F .0353 MOUNTAIN ISLAND Lake - MECKLENBURG, GASTON AND LINCOLN COUNTIES (a) Regulated Area. This Rule shall apply to Mountain Island Lake in Mecklenburg, Gaston, and Lincoln counties: (1) the cove lying north of Historic Latta Plantation Park in Mecklenburg County, sou…

15A NCAC 10F .0354 PITT COUNTY (a) Regulated Areas. This Rule applies to the following waters in Pitt County: (1) the waters of Hardee Creek in the City of Greenville, surrounding the waters within 50 yards of the Greenville Boating Access Area at 940 Port Terminal Road, shore to…

15A NCAC 10F .0355 PERQUIMANS COUNTY (a) Regulated Areas. This Rule shall apply to the following waters: (1) Perquimans River: (A) the canals of Holiday Island subdivision at Albemarle Sound; and (B) Town of Hertford: 550 yards southwest of the Perquimans River Bridge on U.S. Hig…

15A NCAC 10F .0356 PASQUOTANK COUNTY (a) Regulated Area. This area shall apply to the canals of the Glen Cove Subdivision in Pasquotank County. (b) Speed Limit. No person shall operate a vessel at greater than no-wake speed while on the waters of the regulated area designated in …

15A NCAC 10F .0357 NASH COUNTY (a) Regulated Area. This Rule shall apply to the following waters of the Tar River Reservoir near the City of Rocky Mount in Nash County: (1) beginning 50 yards northwest of the bridge located on SR 1745, otherwise known as Bend of the River Road, f…

15A NCAC 10F .0358 JONES COUNTY (a) Regulated Area. This Rule shall apply to the waters of the Trent River shore to shore in Pollocksville, from a line 25 yards west of the U.S. Highway 17 bridge from a point on the north shore at 35.01023 N, 77.21938 W to a point on the south sh…

15A NCAC 10f .0359 Cherokee County (a) Regulated Areas. This Rule shall apply to the following waters of Hiwassee Lake: (1) Dukes Hideaway Marina cove shore to shore, east of a line from a point on the north shore at 35.11989 N, 84.10420 W to a point on the south shore at 35.1190…

15A NCAC 10F .0360 GRAHAM COUNTY (a) Regulated Area. This Rule shall apply to the following waters in Graham County: (1) Santeetlah Marina cove on Santeetlah Lake, shore to shore north of a line from a point on the west shore at 35.36435 N, 83.85841 W to a point on the northeast …

15A NCAC 10F .0361 WILKES COUNTY (a) Regulated Areas. This Rule shall apply to the following waters on W. Kerr Scott Reservoir in Wilkes County: (1) the waters of Dam Site Park Cove at Dam Site Shelter, 499 Reservoir Road, Wilkesboro, south of a line at the mouth of the cove from…

15A NCAC 10F .0362 HARNETT COUNTY (a) Regulated Area. This Rule shall apply to the following waters in Harnett County: (1) the waters of Lake Carolina within 50 yards of any marked boat launching ramp, boat service area, boat pier, boat dock, boat mooring area, boat storage struc…

15A NCAC 10F .0363 CASWELL AND PERSON COUNTIES (a) Regulated Areas. This Rule applies to the waters of Hyco Lake in Caswell and Person counties. (b) Speed Limit Near Bridges. No person shall operate a vessel at greater than no-wake speed within 50 yards of a bridge that crosses t…

15A NCAC 10F .0364 GREENSBORO (a) Regulated Area. This Rule shall apply to the waters of Lake Brandt, Lake Higgins, and Lake Townsend, otherwise known as Greensboro Municipal Reservoirs, within the city limits of Greensboro in Guilford County. (b) Speed Limit. No person shall ope…

15A NCAC 10F .0365 TYRRELL COUNTY (a) Regulated Area. This Rule shall apply to the following waters in Tyrrell County: (1) the portion of the Scuppernong River from 300 yards north-northwest of the U.S. Highway 64 bridge to 100 yards south-southwest of the U.S. Highway 64 bridge.…

15A NCAC 10F .0366 Macon COUNTY (a) Regulated Area. This Rule shall apply to the following waters of Nantahala Lake: (1) Lakes End Cove west of SR 1310 otherwise known as Wayah Road in Topton, shore to shore north of a line from a point on the west shore at 35.19602 N, 83.64184 W…

15A NCAC 10F .0367 HOKE COUNTY (a) Regulated Area. This Rule shall apply to the waters of Rockfish Creek at Camp Rockfish shore to shore, from a line at a point on the north shore at 34.95415 N, 79.03833 W to a point on the south shore at 34.95372 N, 79.03865 W, eastward to a lin…

15A NCAC 10F .0368 TOWN OF NAGS HEAD History Note: Authority G.S. 71A-15; 72A-3; Temporary Adoption Eff. July 1, 2002; Eff. April 1, 2003; Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. December 6, 2016; Amended Eff. October 1, 2018; Repea…

15A NCAC 10F .0369 TOWN OF SWANSBORO (a) Regulated Area. This Rule shall apply to the waters of the White Oak River within approximately 50 yards of the shoreline of the Swansboro Town Limits in Onslow County and outside the United States Army Corps of Engineers Swansboro Channel…

15A NCAC 10F .0370 CITY OF ROCKY Mount – rocky mount millpond dam safety zone (a) Regulated Area. The waters of the Tar River shore to shore, beginning west of the Falls Road bridge on N.C. Highway 48/43 Business at a point at 35.96016 N, 77.80447 W, extending eastward and ending…

15A NCAC 10F .0371 Belews Lake IN Stokes COUNTy (a) Regulated Area. This Rule shall apply to the areas described in Paragraphs (b) and (c) in Belews Lake in Stokes County. (b) No swimming or boating in exclusionary zone. No swimming or other entry of a person in or upon a boat, r…

15A NCAC 10F .0372 HERTFORD COUNTY (a) Regulated Area. This Rule shall apply to the portion of the Chowan River at Tuscarora Beach within 65 yards of the shoreline, from a point on the south shore at 36.39028 N, 76.91214 W to a point on the south shore at 36.38820 N, 76.90726 W. …

15A NCAC 10F .0373 TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY (a) Regulated Area. This Rule shall apply to Lake Toxaway. (b) Speed Limit. No person shall operate a vessel at greater than no-wake speed within the Lake Toxaway Country Club Marina cove, south of a line from a point on the west shore at 35…

15A NCAC 10F .0374 CUBE HYDRO CAROLINAS SAFETY Zones AND RESTRICTED ZONES AREAS (a) Regulated Areas. This Rule shall apply to the following hydroelectric stations, dams, associated structures, abutments, and equipment: (1) High Rock Hydroelectric Station on the Yadkin River in Ro…

15A NCAC 10F .0375 DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION HYDROELECTRIC STATION SAFETY ZONES (a) Regulated Area. This Rule shall apply to the area one hundred feet upstream or downstream from the stations and dams, and associated structures, abutments and equipment of the Duke Energy Corporatio…

15A NCAC 10F .0376 TOWN OF emerald isle (a) Regulated Area. This Rule shall apply to the following waters located in the Town of Emerald Isle in Carteret County: (1) Bogue Sound Drive Channel shore to shore, roughly parallel to the shoreline in the vicinity of Bogue Sound Drive, …

15A ncac 10f .0377 JACKSON COUNTY (a) This Rule applies to the public swimming area known as the Pines Recreation Swim Area on Lake Glenville. The public swimming area shall be marked with four no-boats buoys set at the following locations: 35.19789 N, 83.16094 W; 35.19758 N, 83.…

15A NCAC 10F .0378 halifax county (a) Regulated Areas. This Rule shall apply to the following waters in Halifax County: (1) Roanoke Rapids Lake. (A) within 50 yards north and south of the abandoned railroad trestle at the location where Deep Creek meets Roanoke Raids Lake in Roan…

15A NCAC 10F .0379 CITY OF ROXBORO (a) Regulated Area. This Rule applies to the waters of Lake Roxboro, located near Frogsboro in Person and Caswell counties, in the channel between a line shore to shore from 36.32069 N, 79.15373 W, and a line shore to shore at 36.31651 N, 79.151…

15A NCAC 10F .0380 TOWN OF RHODHISS (a) Regulated Area. This rule applies to the waters of Lake Hickory in the Town of Rhodhiss in Burke and Caldwell counties, shore to shore, beginning west of a line 165 yards east of the S.R. 1611 Bridge from a point on the north shore at 35.77…

suBCHAPTER 10G - DISTRIBUTION AND SALE OF HUNTING: FISHING: AND TRAPPING LICENSE SECTION .0100 - LICENSE AGENTS 15A NCAC 10G .0101 APPOINTMENT OF LICENSE AGENTS History Note: Authority G.S. 113-134; 113-270.1; Eff. February 1, 1976; Amended Eff. February 1, 1982; Repealed Eff. Ju…

SECTION .0200 - BOAT REGISTRATION AGENTS 15A NCAC 10G .0201 APPOINTMENT OF AGENTS History Note: Authority G.S. 75A-3; 75A-5; Eff. January 1, 1980; Repealed Eff. July 1, 1988.

15A NCAC 10G .0206 AUTHORITY OF BOAT REGISTRATION AGENTS History Note: Authority G.S. 75A-3; 75A-5; Eff. February 1, 1995; Repealed Eff. March 2, 1997.

SECTION .0300 - FUR TAG AGENTS 15A NCAC 10G .0301 APPOINTMENT OF AGENTS History Note: Authority G.S. 113-134; 113-273; 113-276.1; 113-291.3; 113-305; Eff. October 1, 1980; Repealed Eff. July 1, 1988.

SECTION .0400 - WILDLIFE SERVICE AGENTS 15A NCAC 10G .0401 Purpose of wildlife service agents History Note: Authority G.S. 113-134; 113-270.1; Eff. April 1, 1997; Amended Eff. May 1, 2007; Repealed Eff. February 1, 2026.

15A NCAC 10G .0402 APPOINTMENT OF WILDLIFE SERVICE AGENTS (a) Wildlife Service Agents are official license and vessel agents of the Commission who are authorized, pursuant to individual Wildlife Service Agent Agreements, to issue hunting, fishing, and other licenses, permits, app…

15A NCAC 10G .0403 WILDLIFE SERVICE AGENT AGREEMENT History Note: Authority G.S. 113-134; 113-270.1; Eff. April 1, 1997; Amended Eff. September 1, 2011; June 1, 2007; July 1, 1998; Repealed Eff. February 1, 2026.

15A NCAC 10G .0404 CUSTOMER SUPPORT SYSTEm Repealed History Note: Authority G.S. 113-134; 113-270.1; Eff. April 1, 1997; Amended Eff. April 1, 1999; Repealed Eff. May 1, 2007.

15A NCAC 10G .0405 WILDLIFE SERVICE AGENT TERMS AND CONDITIONS (a) A Wildlife Service Agent shall comply with the following conditions: (1) serve individuals seeking assistance with matters related to the duties of a Wildlife Service Agent during regular business hours. (2) trans…

15A NCAC 10G .0406 Appointment termination (a) The Commission may audit Wildlife Service Agent transactions. Agents shall comply with Commission requests for records and information within 10 business days of the request. (b) The Commission may suspend or terminate a Wildlife Ser…

SECTION .0500 - LICENSEE REQUIREMENTS 15A NCAC 10G .0501 LICENSEE REQUIREMENTS An individual exercising the privilege of a license issued by the Wildlife Resources Commission shall carry on their person and show to a Wildlife Enforcement Officer, upon request, the following docum…

SECTION .0600 – LICENSE ELIGIBILITY 15A NCAC 10G .0601 TOTALLY DISABLED LICENSE ELIGIBILiTY (a) North Carolina residents that are totally and permanently disabled shall be eligible for the totally disabled lifetime licenses described in G.S. 113-270.1C, 113-270.1D, 113-271, and 1…

SUBCHAPTER 10H – REGULATED ACTIVITIES SECTION .0100 - CONTROLLED HUNTING PRESERVES FOR DOMESTICALLY RAISED WATERFOWL AND GAME BIRDS 15A NCAC 10H .0101 general requirements (a) It shall be unlawful to operate a controlled hunting preserve without first obtaining a controlled hunti…

15A NCAC 10H .0102 ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION (a) Controlled hunting preserves shall be at least 50 acres and shall be one contiguous block of land. (b) The boundary of each controlled hunting preserve shall be posted with printed signs that face both outward and inward from the…