North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 80. Trademarks, Brands, Etc. § 80-64. Defacing of brands prohibited

No person may change, conceal, deface, disfigure or obliterate any brand previously branded, impressed, or marked on any livestock, or put his or any other brand upon or over any part of any brand previously branded or marked upon any livestock, and no person shall make or use any counterfeit of any brand of any other person.