§ 106-700. Legislative determination and declaration of policy. - North Carolina Statutes

Article 57.

Nuisance Liability of Agricultural and ForestryOperations.

§ 106‑700.  Legislative determination anddeclaration of policy.

It is the declared policy of the State to conserve and protect andencourage the development and improvement of its agricultural land andforestland for the production of food, fiber, and other products. When otherland uses extend into agricultural and forest areas, agricultural and forestryoperations often become the subject of nuisance suits. As a result, agriculturaland forestry operations are sometimes forced to cease. Many others arediscouraged from making investments in farm and forest improvements. It is thepurpose of this Article to reduce the loss to the State of its agricultural andforestry resources by limiting the circumstances under which an agricultural orforestry operation may be deemed to be a nuisance. (1979, c. 202, s. 1; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 892,s. 1.)