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NC Gen Stat § 14-376 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 51 - Protection of Athletic Contests.|§ 14-376 - Bribe defined.

 14-376. Bribe defined.By a "bribe," as used in this article, is meant any gift, emolument, money or thing of value, testimonial, privilege, appointment or personal advantage, or in the promise of either, bestowed or promised for the purpose of influencing, directly or indirectly, any player, referee, manager, coach, umpire, club or league official, to see which game an admission fee may be charged, or in which athletic contest any player, manager, coach, umpire, referee, or other official is paid any compensation for his services. Said bribe as defined in this article need not be direct; it may be such as is hidden under the semblance of a sale, bet, wager, payment of a debt, or in any other manner defined to cover the true intention of the parties. (1921, c. 23, s. 4; C.S., s. 4499(d); 1951, c. 364, s. 4; 1961, c. 1054, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-377 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 51 - Protection of Athletic Contests.|§ 14-377 - Intentional losing of athletic contest or limiting margin of victory or defeat.

 14-377. Intentional losing of athletic contest or limiting margin of victory or defeat.If any player or participant shall commit any willful act of omission or commission, in playing of an athletic contest, with intent to lose or try to lose or to cause to be lost or to limit or try to limit the margin of victory or defeat in such contest for the purpose of material gain to himself, or if any referees, umpire, manager, coach, or other official of an athletic club, team, league, association, institution or conference connected with an athletic contest shall commit any willful act of omission or commission connected with his official duties with intent to try to lose or to cause to be lost or to limit or try to limit the margin of victory or defeat in such contest for the purpose of material gain to himself, such person shall be punished as a Class I felon. (1921, c. 23, s. 5; C.S., s. 4499(e); 1951, c. 364, s. 5; 1961, c. 1054, s. 5; 1979, c. 760, s. 5; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1316, s. 47; 1981, c. 63, s. 1, c. 179, s. 14; 1993, c. 539, s. 1240; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 14-378 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 51 - Protection of Athletic Contests.|§ 14-378 - Venue.

 14-378. Venue.In all prosecutions under this Article, the venue may be laid in any county where the bribe herein referred to was given, offered, or accepted, or in which the athletic contest was carried on in relation to which the bribe was offered, given, or accepted, or the acts referred to in G.S. 14-377 were committed. (1921, c. 23, s. 6; C.S., s. 4606(c); 1951, c. 364, s. 6.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-379 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 51 - Protection of Athletic Contests.|§ 14-379 - Bonus or extra compensation not forbidden.

 14-379. Bonus or extra compensation not forbidden.Nothing in this Article shall be construed to prohibit the giving or offering of any bonus or extra compensation to any manager, coach, or professional player, or to any league, association, or conference for the purpose of encouraging such manager, coach, or player to a higher degree of skill, ability, or diligence in the performance of his duties. (1921, c. 23, s. 7; C.S., s. 4499(f); 1951, c. 364, s. 7; 1961, c. 1054, s. 6.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-380.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 51A - Protection of Horse Shows.|§ 14-380.1 - Bribery of horse show judges or officials.

 14-380.1. Bribery of horse show judges or officials.Any person who bribes, or offers to bribe, any judge or other official in any horse show, with intent to influence his decision or judgment concerning said horse show, shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1963, c. 1100, s. 1; 1969, c. 1224, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 251; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 14-380.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 51A - Protection of Horse Shows.|§ 14-380.2 - Bribery attempts to be reported.

 14-380.2. Bribery attempts to be reported.Any judge or other official of any horse show shall report to the resident superior court district attorney any attempt to bribe him with respect to his decisions in any horse show, and a failure to so report shall constitute a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1963, c. 1100, s. 2; 1969, c. 1224, s. 1; 1973, c. 47, s. 2; 1993, c. 539, s. 252; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14 (c.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-380.3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 51A - Protection of Horse Shows.|§ 14-380.3 - Bribe defined.

 14-380.3. Bribe defined.The word "bribe," as used in this Article, shall have the same meaning as set forth in G.S. 14-376, in relation to athletic contests. (1963, c. 1100, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-380.4 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 51A - Protection of Horse Shows.|§ 14-380.4 - Printing Article in horse show schedules.

 14-380.4. Printing Article in horse show schedules.The provisions of this Article shall be printed on all schedules for any horse show held prior to January 1, 1965. (1963, c. 1100, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-381 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 52 - Miscellaneous Police Regulations.|§ 14-381 - Desecration of State and United States flag.

 14-381. Desecration of State and United States flag.It shall be unlawful for any person willfully and knowingly to cast contempt upon any flag of the United States or upon any flag of North Carolina by public acts of physical contact including, but not limited to, mutilation, defiling, defacing or trampling. Any person violating this section shall be deemed guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.The flag of the United States, as used in this section, shall be the same as defined in 4 U.S.C.A. 1 and 4 U.S.C.A. 2. The flag of North Carolina, as used in this section, shall be the same as defined in G.S. 144-1. (1917, c. 271; C.S., s. 4500; 1971, c. 295; 1993, c. 539, s. 253; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 14-382 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 52 - Miscellaneous Police Regulations.|§ 14-382 - Pollution of water on lands used for dairy purposes.

 14-382. Pollution of water on lands used for dairy purposes.It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation owning lands adjoining the lands of any person, firm, or corporation which are or may be used for dairy purposes or for grazing milk cows, to dispose of or permit disposal of any animal, mineral, chemical, or vegetable refuse, sewage or other deleterious matter in such way as to pollute the water on the lands so used or which may be used for dairy purposes or for grazing milk cows, or to render unfit or unsafe for use the milk produced from cows feeding upon the grasses and herbage growing on such lands. This section shall not apply to incorporated towns maintaining a sewer system. Anyone violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor, and each day that such pollution is committed or exists shall constitute a separate offense. (1919, c. 222; C.S., s. 4501; 1993, c. 539, s. 254; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 14-383 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 52 - Miscellaneous Police Regulations.|§ 14-383 - Cutting timber on town watershed without disposing of boughs and debris; misdemeanor.

 14-383. Cutting timber on town watershed without disposing of boughs and debris; misdemeanor.Any person, firm or corporation owning lands or the standing timber on lands within 400 feet of any watershed held or owned by any city or town, for the purpose of furnishing a city or town water supply, upon cutting or removing the timber or permitting the same cut or removed from lands so within 400 feet of said watershed, or any part thereof, shall, within three months after cutting, or earlier upon written notice by said city or town, remove or cause to be burned under proper supervision all treetops, boughs, laps and other portions of timber not desired to be taken for commercial or other purposes, within 400 feet of the boundary line of such part of such watershed as is held or owned by such town or city, so as to leave such space of 400 feet immediately adjoining the boundary line of such watershed, so held or owned, free and clear of all such treetops, laps, boughs and other inflammable material caused by or left from cutting such standing timber, so as to prevent the spread of fire from such cutover area and the consequent damage to such watershed. Any such person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1913, c. 56; C.S., s. 4502; 1969, c. 1224, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 255; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 14-384 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 52 - Miscellaneous Police Regulations.|§ 14-384 - Injuring notices and advertisements.

 14-384. Injuring notices and advertisements.If any person shall wantonly or maliciously mutilate, deface, pull or tear down, destroy or otherwise damage any notice, sign or advertisement, unless immoral or obscene, whether put up by an officer of the law in performance of the duties of his office or by some other person for a lawful purpose, before the object for which such notice, sign or advertisement was posted shall have been accomplished, he shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. Nothing herein contained shall apply to any person mutilating, defacing, pulling or tearing down, destroying or otherwise damaging notices, signs or advertisements put upon his own land or lands of which he may have charge or control, unless consent of such person to put up such notice, sign or advertisement shall have first been obtained, except those put up by an officer of the law in the performance of the duties of his office. (1885, c. 302; Rev., s. 3709; C.S., s. 4503; 1993, c. 539, s. 256; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 14-385 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 52 - Miscellaneous Police Regulations.|§ 14-385 - Defacing or destroying public notices and advertisements.

 14-385. Defacing or destroying public notices and advertisements.If any person shall willfully and unlawfully deface, tear down, remove or destroy any legal notice or advertisement authorized by law to be posted by any officer or other person, the same being actually posted at the time of such defacement, tearing down, removal or destruction, during the time for which such legal notice or advertisement shall be authorized by law to be posted, he shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. (1876-7, c. 215; Code, s. 981; Rev., s. 3710; C.S., s. 4504; 1993, c. 539, s. 257; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 14-391 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 52 - Miscellaneous Police Regulations.|§ 14-391 - Usurious loans on household and kitchen furniture or assignment of wages.

 14-391. Usurious loans on household and kitchen furniture or assignment of wages.Any person, firm or corporation who shall lend money in any manner whatsoever by note, chattel mortgage, conditional sale, or purported conditional sale or otherwise, upon any article of household or kitchen furniture, or any assignment of wages, earned or to be earned, and shall willfully:(1) Take, receive, reserve or charge a greater rate of interest than permitted by law, either before or after the interest may accrue; or(2) Refuse to give receipts for payments on interest or principal of such loan; or(3) Fail or refuse to surrender the note and security when the same is paid off or a new note and mortgage is given in renewal, unless such new mortgage shall state the amount still due by the old note or mortgage and that the new one is given as additional security;shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and in addition thereto shall be subject to the provisions of G.S. 24-2. (1907, c. 110; C.S., s. 4509; 1927, c. 72; 1959, c. 195; 1977, c. 807; 1993, c. 539, s. 259; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 14-394 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 52 - Miscellaneous Police Regulations.|§ 14-394 - Anonymous or threatening letters, mailing or transmitting.

 14-394. Anonymous or threatening letters, mailing or transmitting.It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation, or any association of persons in this State, under whatever name styled, to write and transmit any letter, note, or writing, whether written, printed, or drawn, without signing his, her, their, or its true name thereto, threatening any person or persons, firm or corporation, or officers thereof with any personal injury or violence or destruction of property of such individuals, firms, or corporations, or using therein any language or threats of any kind or nature calculated to intimidate or place in fear any such persons, firms or corporations, or officers thereof, as to their personal safety or the safety of their property, or using vulgar or obscene language, or using such language which if published would bring such persons into public contempt and disgrace, and any person, firm, or corporation violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1921, c. 112; C.S., s. 4511(a); 1993, c. 539, s. 260; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 14-395 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 52 - Miscellaneous Police Regulations.|§ 14-395 - Commercialization of American Legion emblem; wearing by nonmembers.

 14-395. Commercialization of American Legion emblem; wearing by nonmembers.It shall be unlawful for anyone not a member of the American Legion, an organization consisting of ex-members of the United States Army, Navy and Marine Corps, who served as members of such organizations in the recent world war, to wear upon his or her person the recognized emblem of the American Legion, or to use the said emblem for advertising purposes, or to commercialize the same in any way whatsoever; or to use the said emblem in display upon his or her property or place of business, or at any place whatsoever. Anyone violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.  (1923, c. 89; C.S., s. 4511(b); 1993, c. 539, s. 261; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2011-183, s. 127(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 14-395.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 52 - Miscellaneous Police Regulations.|§ 14-395.1 - Sexual harassment.

 14-395.1. Sexual harassment.(a) Offense. - Any lessor of residential real property or the agent of any lessor of residential real property who shall harass on the basis of sex any lessee or prospective lessee of the property shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.(b) Definitions. - For purposes of this section:(1) "Harass on the basis of sex" means unsolicited overt requests or demands for sexual acts when (i) submission to such conduct is made a term of the execution or continuation of the lease agreement, or (ii) submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used to determine whether rights under the lease are accorded;(2) "Lessee" means a person who enters into a residential rental agreement with the lessor and all other persons residing in the lessee's rental unit; and(3) "Prospective lessee" means a person seeking to enter into a residential rental agreement with a lessor. (1989, c. 712; 1993, c. 539, s. 262; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 14-398 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 52 - Miscellaneous Police Regulations.|§ 14-398 - Theft or destruction of property of public libraries, museums, etc.

 14-398. Theft or destruction of property of public libraries, museums, etc.Any person who shall steal or unlawfully take or detain, or willfully or maliciously or wantonly write upon, cut, tear, deface, disfigure, soil, obliterate, break or destroy, or who shall sell or buy or receive, knowing the same to have been stolen, any book, document, newspaper, periodical, map, chart, picture, portrait, engraving, statue, coin, medal, apparatus, specimen, or other work of literature or object of art or curiosity deposited in a public library, gallery, museum, collection, fair or exhibition, or in any department or office of State or local government, or in a library, gallery, museum, collection, or exhibition, belonging to any incorporated college or university, or any incorporated institution devoted to educational, scientific, literary, artistic, historical or charitable purposes, shall, if the value of the property stolen, detained, sold, bought or received knowing same to have been stolen, or if the damage done by writing upon, cutting, tearing, defacing, disfiguring, soiling, obliterating, breaking or destroying any such property, shall not exceed fifty dollars ($50.00), be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. If the value of the property stolen, detained, sold or received knowing same to have been stolen, or the amount of damage done in any of the ways or manners hereinabove set out, shall exceed the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00), the person committing same shall be punished as a Class H felon. (1935, c. 300; 1943, c. 543; 1979, c. 760, s. 5; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1316, s. 47; 1981, c. 63, s. 1, c. 179, s. 14; 1993, c. 539, s. 265; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 14-399.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 52 - Miscellaneous Police Regulations.|§ 14-399.2 - Certain plastic yoke and ring type holding devices prohibited.

 14-399.2. Certain plastic yoke and ring type holding devices prohibited.(a) As used in this section:(1) "Degradable" means that within one year after being discarded, the yoke or ring type holding device is capable of becoming embrittled or decomposing by photodegradation, biodegradation, or chemo-degradation under average seasonal conditions into components other than heavy metals or other toxic substances.(2) "Recyclable" means that the yoke or ring type holding device is capable of being collected and processed for reuse as a product or raw material.(b) No person may sell or distribute for sale in this State any container connected to another by a yoke or ring type holding device constructed of plastic that is neither degradable nor recyclable. No person may sell or distribute for sale in this State any container connected to another by a yoke or ring type holding device constructed of plastic that is recyclable but that is not degradable unless such device does not have an orifice larger than one and three-fourths inches. The manufacturer of a degradable yoke or ring type holding device shall emboss or mark the device with a nationally recognized symbol indicating that the device is degradable. The manufacturer of a recyclable yoke or ring type holding device shall emboss or mark the device with a symbol of the type specified in G.S. 130A-309.10(e) indicating the plastic resin used to produce the device and that the device is recyclable. The manufacturer shall register the symbol with the Secretary of State with a sample of the device.(c) Any person who sells or distributes for sale a yoke or ring type holding device in violation of this section shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200.00). In lieu of a fine or any portion thereof or in addition to a fine, any violation of this section may also be punished by a term of community service.(d) Other than a manufacturer required to use and register a symbol under subsection (b), a person may not be prosecuted under this section if, at the time of sale or distribution for sale, the yoke or holding device bears a symbol meeting the requirements of this section which has been registered with the Secretary of State. (1989, c. 371; 1991, c. 236, c. 621, s. 14; 1993, c. 539, s. 268; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 14-400 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 52 - Miscellaneous Police Regulations.|§ 14-400 - Tattooing; body piercing prohibited.

 14-400. Tattooing; body piercing prohibited.(a) It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to tattoo the arm, limb, or any part of the body of any other person under 18 years of age. Anyone violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to pierce any part of the body other than ears of another person under the age of 18 for the purpose of allowing the insertion of earrings, jewelry, or similar objects into the body, unless the prior consent of a custodial parent or guardian is obtained. Anyone violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1937, c. 112, ss. 1, 2; 1969, c. 1224, s. 8; 1971, c. 1231, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 269; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 1998-230, s. 9.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-401 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 52 - Miscellaneous Police Regulations.|§ 14-401 - Putting poisonous foodstuffs, antifreeze, etc., in certain public places, prohibited.

 14-401. Putting poisonous foodstuffs, antifreeze, etc., in certain public places, prohibited.It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to put or place (i) any strychnine, other poisonous compounds or ground glass on any beef or other foodstuffs of any kind, or (ii) any antifreeze that contains ethylene glycol and is not in a closed container, in any public square, street, lane, alley or on any lot in any village, town or city or on any public road, open field, woods or yard in the country. Any person, firm or corporation who violates the provisions of this section shall be liable in damages to the person injured thereby and also shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. This section shall not apply to the poisoning of insects or worms for the purpose of protecting crops or gardens by spraying plants, crops, or trees, to poisons used in rat extermination, or to the accidental release of antifreeze containing ethylene glycol. (1941, c. 181; 1953, c. 1239; 1993, c. 143, c. 539, s. 270; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 14-401.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 52 - Miscellaneous Police Regulations.|§ 14-401.1 - Misdemeanor to tamper with examination questions.

 14-401.1. Misdemeanor to tamper with examination questions.Any person who, without authority of the entity who prepares or administers the examination, purloins, steals, buys, receives, or sells, gives or offers to buy, give, or sell any examination questions or copies thereof of any examination provided and prepared by law shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1917, c. 146, s. 10; C.S., s. 5658; 1969, c. 1224, s. 3; 1991, c. 360, s. 2; 1993, c. 539, s. 271; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 14-401.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 52 - Miscellaneous Police Regulations.|§ 14-401.2 - Misdemeanor for detective to collect claims, accounts, etc.

 14-401.2. Misdemeanor for detective to collect claims, accounts, etc.It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation, who or which is engaged in business as a detective, detective agency, or what is ordinarily known as "secret service work," or conducts such business, to engage in the business of collecting claims, accounts, bills, notes, or other money obligations for others, or to engage in the business known as a collection agency. Violation of the provisions hereof shall be a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1943, c. 383; 1969, c. 1224, s. 5; 1993, c. 539, s. 272; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)