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NC Gen Stat § 14-148 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 22 - Damages and Other Offenses to Land and Fixtures.|§ 14-148 - Defacing or desecrating grave sites.

 14-148. Defacing or desecrating grave sites.(a) It is unlawful to willfully:(1) Throw, place or put any refuse, garbage or trash in or on any cemetery.(2) Take away, disturb, vandalize, destroy or change the location of any stone, brick, iron or other material or fence enclosing a cemetery without authorization of law or consent of the surviving spouse or next of kin of the deceased.(3) Take away, disturb, vandalize, destroy, or tamper with any shrubbery, flowers, plants or other articles planted or placed within any cemetery to designate where human remains are interred or to preserve and perpetuate the memory and name of any person, without authorization of law or the consent of the surviving spouse or next of kin.(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to:(1) Ordinary maintenance and care of a cemetery by the owner, caretaker, or other person acting to facilitate cemetery operations by keeping the cemetery free from accumulated debris or other signs of neglect.(2) Conduct that is punishable under G.S. 14-149.(3) A professional archaeologist as defined in G.S. 70-28(4) acting pursuant to the provisions of Article 3 of Chapter 70 of the General Statutes.(c) Violation of this section is a Class I felony if the damage caused by the violation is one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more. Any other violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor. In passing sentence, the court shall consider the appropriateness of restitution or reparation as a condition of probation under G.S. 15A-1343(b)(9) as an alternative to actual imposition of a fine, jail term, or both. (1840, c. 6; R.C., c. 34, s. 102; Code, s. 1088; Rev., s. 3680; C.S., s. 4320; 1969, c. 987; 1981, c. 752, s. 1; c. 853, s. 4; 1993, c. 539, s. 87; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2007-122, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-149 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 22 - Damages and Other Offenses to Land and Fixtures.|§ 14-149 - Desecrating, plowing over or covering up graves; desecrating human remains.

 14-149. Desecrating, plowing over or covering up graves; desecrating human remains.(a) It is a Class I felony, without authorization of law or the consent of the surviving spouse or next of kin of the deceased, to knowingly and willfully:(1) Open, disturb, destroy, remove, vandalize or desecrate any casket or other repository of any human remains, by any means including plowing under, tearing up, covering over or otherwise obliterating or removing any grave or any portion thereof.(2) Take away, disturb, vandalize, destroy, tamper with, or deface any tombstone, headstone, monument, grave marker, grave ornamentation, or grave artifacts erected or placed within any cemetery to designate the place where human remains are interred or to preserve and perpetuate the memory and the name of any person. This subdivision shall not apply to the ordinary maintenance and care of a cemetery.(3) Repealed by Session Laws 2007-122, s. 2, effective December 1, 2007, and applicable to offenses committed on or after that date.(a1) It is a Class H felony, without authorization of law or the consent of the surviving spouse or next of kin of the deceased, to knowingly and willfully disturb, destroy, remove, vandalize, or desecrate any human remains that have been interred in a cemetery.(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to a professional archaeologist as defined in G.S. 70-28(4) acting pursuant to the provisions of Article 3 of Chapter 70 of the General Statutes. (1889, c. 130; Rev., s. 3681; 1919, c. 218; C.S., s. 4321; 1981, c. 752, s. 2; c. 853, s. 5; 2007-122, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-152 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 22 - Damages and Other Offenses to Land and Fixtures.|§ 14-152 - Injuring fixtures and other property of gas companies; civil liability.

 14-152. Injuring fixtures and other property of gas companies; civil liability.If any person shall willfully, wantonly or maliciously remove, obstruct, injure or destroy any part of the plant, machinery, fixtures, structures or buildings, or anything appertaining to the works of any gas company, or shall use, tamper or interfere with the same, he shall be deemed guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. Such person shall also forfeit and pay to the company so injured, to be sued for and recovered in a civil action, double the amount of the damages sustained by any such injury. (1889 (Pr.), c. 35, s. 3; Rev., s. 3671; C.S., s. 4324; 1993, c. 539, s. 90; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 14-153 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 22 - Damages and Other Offenses to Land and Fixtures.|§ 14-153 - Tampering with engines and boilers.

 14-153. Tampering with engines and boilers.If any person shall willfully turn out water from any boiler or turn the bolts of any engine or boiler, or meddle or tamper with such boiler or engine, or any other machinery in connection with any boiler or engine, causing loss, damage, danger or delay to the owner in the prosecution of his work, he shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1901, c. 733; Rev., s. 3667; C.S., s. 4325; 1993, c. 539, s. 91; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 14-154 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 22 - Damages and Other Offenses to Land and Fixtures.|§ 14-154 - Injuring wires and other fixtures of telephone, telegraph, and electric-power companies.

 14-154. Injuring wires and other fixtures of telephone, telegraph, and electric-power companies.If any person shall willfully injure, destroy or pull down any telegraph, telephone, cable telecommunications, or electric-power-transmission pedestal or pole, or any telegraph, telephone, cable telecommunications, or electric power line, wire or fiber insulator, power supply, transformer, transmission or other apparatus, equipment or fixture used in the transmission of telegraph, telephone, cable telecommunications, or electrical power service or any equipment related to wireless communications regulated by the Federal Communications Commission, that person shall be guilty of a Class I Felony. (1881, c. 4; 1883, c. 103; Code, s. 1118; Rev., s. 3847; 1907, c. 827, s. 1; C.S., s. 4326; 1993, c. 539, s. 92; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2007-301, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-155 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 22 - Damages and Other Offenses to Land and Fixtures.|§ 14-155 - Unauthorized connections with telephone or telegraph.

 14-155. Unauthorized connections with telephone or telegraph.It shall be unlawful for any person to tap or make any connection with any wire or apparatus of any telephone or telegraph company operating in this State, except such connection as may be authorized by the person or corporation operating such wire or apparatus. Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. Each day's continuance of such unlawful connection shall be a separate offense. No connection approved by the Federal Communications Commission or the North Carolina Utilities Commission shall be a violation of this section. (1911, c. 113; C.S., s. 4327; 1973, c. 648; 1977, 2nd Sess., c. 1185, s. 2; 1993, c. 539, s. 93; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 14-156 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 22 - Damages and Other Offenses to Land and Fixtures.|§ 14-156 - Injuring fixtures and other property of electric-power companies.

 14-156. Injuring fixtures and other property of electric-power companies.It shall be unlawful for any person willfully and wantonly, and without the consent of the owner, to take down, remove, injure, obstruct, displace or destroy any line erected or constructed for the transmission of electrical current, or any poles, towers, wires, conduits, cables, insulators or any support upon which wires or cables may be suspended, or any part of any such line or appurtenances or apparatus connected therewith, or to sever any wire or cable thereof, or in any manner to interrupt the transmission of electrical current over and along any such line, or to take down, remove, injure or destroy any house, shop, building or other structure or machinery connected with or necessary to the use of any line erected or constructed for the transmission of electrical current, or to wantonly or willfully cause injury to any of the property mentioned in this section by means of fire. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1907, c. 919; C.S., s. 4328; 1993, c. 539, s. 94; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 14-157 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 22 - Damages and Other Offenses to Land and Fixtures.|§ 14-157 - Felling trees on telephone and electric-power wires.

 14-157. Felling trees on telephone and electric-power wires.If any person shall negligently and carelessly cut or fell any tree, or any limb or branch therefrom, in such a manner as to cause the same to fall upon and across any telephone, electric light or electric-power-transmission wire, from which any injury to such wire shall be occasioned, he shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor, and shall also be liable to penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each and every offense. (1903, c. 616; Rev., s. 3849; 1907, c. 827, s. 2; C.S., s. 4329; 1969, c. 1224, s. 9; 1993, c. 539, s. 95; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 14-158 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 22 - Damages and Other Offenses to Land and Fixtures.|§ 14-158 - Interfering with telephone lines.

 14-158. Interfering with telephone lines.If any person shall unnecessarily disconnect the wire or in any other way render any telephone line, or any part of such line, unfit for use in transmitting messages, or shall unnecessarily cut, tear down, destroy or in any way render unfit for the transmission of messages any part of the wire of a telephone line, he shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1901, c. 318; Rev., s. 3845; C.S., s. 4330; 1969, c. 1224, s. 3; 1993, c. 539, s. 96; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 14-159 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 22 - Damages and Other Offenses to Land and Fixtures.|§ 14-159 - Injuring buildings or fences; taking possession of house without consent.

 14-159. Injuring buildings or fences; taking possession of house without consent.If any person shall deface, injure or damage any house, uninhabited house or other building belonging to another; or deface, damage, pull down, injure, remove or destroy any fence or wall enclosing, in whole or in part, the premises belonging to another; or shall move into, take possession of and/or occupy any house, uninhabited house or other building situated on the premises belonging to another, without having first obtained authority so to do and consent of the owner or agent thereof, he shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. (1929, c. 192, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 97; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 14-159.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 22 - Damages and Other Offenses to Land and Fixtures.|§ 14-159.1 - Contaminating a public water system.

 14-159.1. Contaminating a public water system.(a) A person commits the offense of contaminating a public water system, as defined in G.S. 130A-313(10), if he willfully or wantonly:(1) Contaminates, adulterates or otherwise impurifies or attempts to contaminate, adulterate or otherwise impurify the water in a public water system, including the water source, with any toxic chemical, biological agent or radiological substance that is harmful to human health, except those added in approved concentrations for water treatment operations; or(2) Damages or tampers with the property or equipment of a public water system with the intent to impair the services of the public water system.(b) Any person who commits the offense defined in this section is guilty of a Class C felony. (1983, c. 507, s. 1; 1985, c. 509, s. 4, c. 689, s. 5; 1993, c. 539, s. 1189; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 14-159.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 22 - Damages and Other Offenses to Land and Fixtures.|§ 14-159.2 - Interference with animal research.

 14-159.2. Interference with animal research.(a) It is unlawful for a person willfully to commit any of the following acts:(1) The unauthorized entry into any research facility where animals are kept within the facility for research in the advancement of medical, veterinary, dental, or biological sciences, with the intent to (i) disrupt the normal operation of the research facility, or (ii) damage the research facility or any personal property located thereon, or (iii) release from any enclosure or restraining device any animal kept within the research facility, or (iv) interfere with the care of any animal kept within the research facility;(2) The damaging of any such research facility or any personal property located thereon;(3) The unauthorized release from any enclosure or restraining device of any animal kept within any research facility; or(4) The interference with the care of any animal kept within any research facility.(b) Any person who commits an offense under subsection (a) of this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.(c) Any person who commits an offense under subsection (a) of this section that involves the release from any enclosure or restraining device of any animal having an infectious disease shall be guilty of a Class I felony.(d) As a condition of probation, the court may order a person convicted under this section to make restitution to the owner of the animal for damages, including the cost of restoring the animal to confinement and of restoring the animal to its health condition prior to any release, and for damages to personal property, including materials, equipment, data, and records, and real property caused by the interference. If the interference causes the failure of an experiment, the restitution may include all costs of repeating the experiment, including replacement of the animals, labor, and materials.(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect any rights or causes of action of a person damaged through interference with animal research. (1991, c. 203; 1993, c. 539, ss. 98, 1190; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 14-159.3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 22 - Damages and Other Offenses to Land and Fixtures.|§ 14-159.3 - Trespass to land on motorized all-terrain vehicle.

 14-159.3. Trespass to land on motorized all-terrain vehicle.(a) No person shall operate any motorized all-terrain vehicle:(1) On any private property not owned by the operator, without the written consent of the owner; or(2) Within the banks of any stream or waterway, but excluding a sound or the Atlantic Ocean, the adjacent lands of which are not owned by the operator, without the consent of the owner or outside the restrictions imposed by the owner.(a1) A landowner who gives a person written consent to operate an all-terrain vehicle on the landowner's property owes the person the same duty of care that the landowner owes a trespasser.(b) A "motorized all-terrain vehicle", as used in this section, is a two or more wheeled vehicle designed for recreational off-road use.(c) A violation of this section shall be a Class 2 misdemeanor.  (1997-456, s. 56.8; 1997-487, s. 1; 2014-103, s. 11(a); 2015-26, s. 2.1; 2017-102, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-159.6 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 22A - Trespassing Upon "Posted" Property to Hunt, Fish, Trap, or Remove Pine Needles/Straw.|§ 14-159.6 - Trespass for purposes of hunting, etc., without written consent a misdemeanor; defense.

 14-159.6. Trespass for purposes of hunting, etc., without written consent a misdemeanor; defense.(a) Any person who willfully goes on the land, waters, ponds, or a legally established waterfowl blind of another that has been posted in accordance with the provisions of G.S. 14-159.7, to hunt, fish or trap without written permission of the landowner, lessee, or his agent shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. Written permission shall be carried on one's person, signed by the landowner, lessee, or agent, and dated within the last 12 months. The written permission shall be displayed upon request of any law enforcement officer of the Wildlife Resources Commission, sheriff or deputy sheriff, or other law enforcement officer with general subject matter jurisdiction. A person shall have written permission for purposes of this section if a landowner, lessee, or agent has granted permission to a club to hunt, fish, or trap on the land and the person is carrying both a current membership card demonstrating the person's membership in the club and a copy of written permission granted to the club that complies with the requirements of this section.(b) Any person who willfully goes on the land of another that has been posted in accordance with the provisions of G.S. 14-159.7(1), to rake or remove pine needles or pine straw without the written consent of the owner or his agent shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.(c) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution under subsection (a) or (b) of this section that the person had in fact obtained prior permission of the owner, lessee, or agent as required by those subsections but did not have on his or her person valid written permission at the time of citation or arrest.  (1949, c. 887, s. 1; 1953, c. 1226; 1965, c. 1134; 1975, c. 280, s. 1; 1979, c. 830, s. 11; 1991, c. 435, s. 4; 1993, c. 539, s. 99; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 1997-443, s. 19.25(z); 2011-231, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-159.7 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 22A - Trespassing Upon "Posted" Property to Hunt, Fish, Trap, or Remove Pine Needles/Straw.|§ 14-159.7 - Regulations as to posting of property.

 14-159.7. Regulations as to posting of property.For purposes of posting property under G.S. 14-159.7, the owner or lessee of the property may use either of the following methods:(1) The owner or lessee of the property may place notices, signs, or posters on the property. The notices, signs or posters shall measure not less than 120 square inches and shall be conspicuously posted on private lands not more than 200 yards apart close to and along the boundaries. At least one such notice, sign, or poster shall be posted on each side of such land, and one at each corner thereof, provided that said corner can be reasonably ascertained. For the purpose of prohibiting fishing, or the taking of fish by any means, in any stream, lake, or pond, it shall only be necessary that the signs, notices, or posters be posted along the stream or shoreline of a pond or lake at intervals of not more than 200 yards apart.(2) The owner or lessee of the property may place identifying purple paint marks on trees or posts around the area to be posted. Each paint mark shall be a vertical line of at least eight inches in length, and the bottom of the mark shall be no less than three feet nor more than five feet from the base of the tree or post. The paint marks shall be placed no more than 100 yards apart and shall be readily visible to any person approaching the property. For the purpose of prohibiting fishing, or the taking of fish by any means, in any stream, lake, or pond, it shall only be necessary that the paint marks be placed along the stream or shoreline of a pond or lake at intervals of not more than 100 yards apart.  (1949, c. 887, s. 2; 1953, c. 1226; 1965, c. 923; 1975, c. 280, ss. 2, 3; 1979, c. 830, s. 11; 2011-231, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-159.8 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 22A - Trespassing Upon "Posted" Property to Hunt, Fish, Trap, or Remove Pine Needles/Straw.|§ 14-159.8 - Mutilation, etc., of "posted" signs; posting signs without consent of owner or agent.

 14-159.8. Mutilation, etc., of "posted" signs; posting signs without consent of owner or agent.Any person who shall mutilate, destroy or take down any "posted," "no hunting" or similar notice, sign or poster on the lands, waters, or legally established waterfowl blind of another, or who shall post such sign or poster on the lands, waters or legally established waterfowl blind of another, without the consent of the owner or his agent, shall be deemed guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor and only punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00). (1949, c. 887, s. 3; 1953, c. 1226; 1969, c. 51; 1979, c. 830, s. 11; 1993, c. 539, s. 100; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 14-159.9 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 22A - Trespassing Upon "Posted" Property to Hunt, Fish, Trap, or Remove Pine Needles/Straw.|§ 14-159.9 - Entrance on navigable waters, etc., for purpose of fishing, hunting or trapping not prohibited.

 14-159.9. Entrance on navigable waters, etc., for purpose of fishing, hunting or trapping not prohibited.Nothing in this Article shall be construed to prohibit the entrance of any person upon navigable waters and the bays and sounds adjoining such waters for the purpose of fishing, hunting or trapping. (1949, c. 887, s. 4; 1953, c. 1226; 1979, c. 830, s. 11.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-159.10 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 22A - Trespassing Upon "Posted" Property to Hunt, Fish, Trap, or Remove Pine Needles/Straw.|§ 14-159.10 - Enforcement of Article.

 14-159.10. Enforcement of Article.This Article may be enforced by sheriffs or deputy sheriffs, law enforcement officers of the Wildlife Resources Commission, and other peace officers with general subject matter jurisdiction.  (1979, c. 830, s. 11; 2011-231, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-159.11 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 22B - First and Second Degree Trespass.|§ 14-159.11 - Definition.

 14-159.11. Definition.As used in this Article, "building" means any structure or part of a structure, other than a conveyance, enclosed so as to permit reasonable entry only through a door and roofed to protect it from the elements. (1987, c. 700, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-159.13 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 22B - First and Second Degree Trespass.|§ 14-159.13 - Second degree trespass.

 14-159.13. Second degree trespass.(a) Offense. - A person commits the offense of second degree trespass if, without authorization, he enters or remains on premises of another:(1) After he has been notified not to enter or remain there by the owner, by a person in charge of the premises, by a lawful occupant, or by another authorized person; or(2) That are posted, in a manner reasonably likely to come to the attention of intruders, with notice not to enter the premises.(b) Classification. - Second degree trespass is a Class 3 misdemeanor. (1987, c. 700, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 102; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 14-159.14 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 22B - First and Second Degree Trespass.|§ 14-159.14 - Lesser included offenses.

 14-159.14. Lesser included offenses.   The offenses created by this act shall constitute lesser included offenses of breaking or entering as provided in G.S. 14-54 and G.S. 14-56. (1987, c. 700, s. 1.)