No, I cannot cite the exact "top-free" laws for either location, but I believe it is specifically written into the local law at Topsail Beach...and I know that the Park Rangers at the National Seashore are told that top-free is legal under National Laws at the beach and at the campground and there are no local laws proscribing it...someone who was a Ranger there told me that.

I am NOT willing to go to jail to be topless...so I have paid attention to this issue here in NC and I have been topless in both areas with no repercussions.

Here is a link to an old "news" report about Topsail Beach from a paper in SOUTH Carolina (Gaffney):

http://www.gaffneyledger.com/news/2005/0520/Local_News/037.html

Not sure WHO this police chief is referring to as "perverted"...I expect is is US!!