§ 14-72.3. Removal of shopping cart from shopping premises. - North Carolina Statutes

§14‑72.3.  Removal of shopping cart from shopping premises.

(a)        As used in thissection:

(1)        "Shoppingcart" means the type of push cart commonly provided by grocery stores,drugstores, and other retail stores for customers to transport commoditieswithin the store and from the store to their motor vehicles outside the store.

(2)        "Premises"includes the motor vehicle parking area set aside for customers of the store.

(b)        It is unlawful forany person to remove a shopping cart from the premises of a store without theconsent, given at the time of the removal, of the store owner, manager, agentor employee.

(c)        Violation of thissection is a Class 3 misdemeanor. (1983, c. 705, s. 1; 1994,Ex. Sess., c. 14, s. 3.1.)