Brunswick County, NC Public Conduct: Loitering Rules (2026)

Sec. 1-11-9 of the Brunswick County Code governs conduct at county-owned solid waste facilities in the unincorporated county, and subsection (k) makes it unlawful for any person to loiter, congregate, or leave any vehicle unattended at or on a county landfill, convenience site, or authorized construction and demolition landfill. The rule sits inside the same section that bars scavenging, rummaging, or removing items from these sites (subsection (d)) and bars entry without the solid waste director's permission (subsection (c)), so it functions as a facility-security measure rather than a general anti-loitering ordinance for streets, parks, or business districts.

S. S. 153A-123 (Sec. 1-11-86). Enforcement personnel may issue a citation directing the violator to pay a fine and remedy the violation, or a warning citation without a fine when the officer believes the violation can be corrected without prosecution (Sec. 1-11-87). Because this is a county ordinance, it governs only the unincorporated parts of Brunswick County; it does not apply inside Leland, Southport, Oak Island, Shallotte, Holden Beach, Ocean Isle Beach, Sunset Beach, Calabash, or Boiling Spring Lakes, each of which enforces its own municipal code at its own facilities.