Back40 PassNorth Carolina · Official sources · Reviewed August 14, 2026
North Carolina's Landowner Protection Act requires a writing for hunting or trapping on land posted with signs or purple paint. It must be dated within the past 12 months, signed by an authorized landholder, carried, and displayed to law enforcement on request; the Act does not govern unposted land or repeal local written-permission acts.
This is a qualified summary, not legal advice or permission. Reopen the cited official sources, confirm their effective dates and current versions, and check the exact property, activity, species, method, date, and local rule before relying on any form.
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An official form can be mandatory, optional, embedded in a guide, or limited to one access program. Its existence alone does not establish a statewide written rule.
North Carolina's Landowner Protection Act requires a writing for hunting or trapping on land posted with signs or purple paint. It must be dated within the past 12 months, signed by an authorized landholder, carried, and displayed to law enforcement on request; the Act does not govern unposted land or repeal local written-permission acts.
The Act does not repeal local permission laws. Check local acts, general trespass law, property conditions, and any rule applicable to unposted land.
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Choose primary game and timingSubject: Hunting permission request — [choose primary game], North Carolina Hello, My name is [your name]. I am writing to ask whether you would consider discussing permission for 1 hunter to hunt [choose primary game] with archery in North Carolina during [your requested dates]. I will not enter, scout, or hunt without your approval. If you are open to a conversation, I would like to confirm: - who controls access: Do you control access for this property, or is there an authorized manager I should contact? - every approved person and the exact dates - the property boundary, entry, parking, and no-go areas - permitted species, methods, and any property-specific limits - check-in, gates, livestock, crops, guests, and equipment rules - whether written permission or another state or local record is required - the game-retrieval plan, including neighboring property I understand the answer may be no, and I will respect it. Permission for one person, activity, or date would not be treated as permission for anyone else or another time. You can reach me at [add your preferred contact before sending]. Thank you for considering the request, [your name]
This is a request, not permission, a lease, or legal advice. Only an authorized person can approve access. Verify current state and local requirements before relying on any written record.
Applicability by rule
“General” below identifies the broadest modeled rule in this review. A rule is described as verified current only when the profile passes the evidence gate; pending rules are labeled with their future effective status.
Broadest verified current rule
The Act applies only to posted land and does not change general trespass law or the rule for unposted land.
Conditional or related rule
This mechanism applies when permission runs through a hunting club rather than directly to an individual.
Official forms
NCWRC expressly says any form containing the minimum information can comply. Its wallet form is optional and is not the exclusive valid format.
The form confirms that an agency template exists; it does not itself establish the legal scope of permission or replace the cited law, regulation, or current agency guidance.
Fields shown: sportsman and guests · owner or lessee · purpose · dates · signature date · signature · telephone
Location: one-page wallet-size template, revised July 2011
Open North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission form ↗Private printable courtesy record
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Courtesy record · Not a universal legal form
The authorized person and hunter should confirm that this record accurately describes the limited permission actually granted. No access outside the named people, property, dates, activities, map, or rules is implied. Permission may be subject to current law and may be revoked according to applicable terms and law.
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North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission · What does the Landowner Protection Act do?; What information should be on the form in order for it to be valid?; hunting-club FAQs
Effective: 2011-10-01 through not stated
Open official source ↗North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission · one-page wallet-size Landowner Permission Form; revised July 2011
Open official source ↗Complete the chain
A tax record, request, conversation, form draft, or Back40 Pass response is never permission by itself.
Use the state and local record sources for orientation, then verify who controls the hunting rights.
Open North Carolina property-record paths →Confirm seasons, licenses, tags, methods, local rules, and property-specific conditions separately.
Open North Carolina hunting sources →Create a private request and receive a 30-day landowner response link. Public-board review stays optional; a request is not inventory or access.
Create a private North Carolina landowner invite →Share a nonbinding private intake. Back40 Pass does not advertise land without owner action.
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