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NC Gen Stat § 14-217 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 29 - Bribery.|§ 14-217 - Bribery of officials.

 14-217. Bribery of officials.(a) If any person holding office, or who has filed a notice of candidacy for or been nominated for such office, under the laws of this State who, except in payment of his legal salary, fees or perquisites, shall receive, or consent to receive, directly or indirectly, anything of value or personal advantage, or the promise thereof, for performing or omitting to perform any official act, which lay within the scope of his official authority and was connected with the discharge of his official and legal duties, or with the express or implied understanding that his official action, or omission to act, is to be in any degree influenced thereby, he shall be punished as a Class F felon.(b) Indictments issued under these provisions shall specify:(1) The thing of value or personal advantage sought to be obtained; and(2) The specific act or omission sought to be obtained; and(3) That the act or omission sought to be obtained lay within the scope of the defendant's official authority and was connected with the discharge of his official and legal duties.(c) Repealed by Session Laws 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 539, s. 1207.(d) For purposes of this section, a thing of value or personal advantage shall include a campaign contribution made or received under Article 22A of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes.  (1868-9, c. 176, s. 2; Code, s. 991; Rev., s. 3568; C.S., s. 4372; 1979, c. 760, s. 5; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1316, s. 47; 1981, c. 63, s. 1; c. 179, s. 14; 1983 (Reg. Sess., 1984), c. 1050, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, ss. 1206, 1207; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2010-169, s. 3(a); 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, ss. 3.1(a), (b), 6.1.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-218 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 29 - Bribery.|§ 14-218 - Offering bribes.

 14-218. Offering bribes.If any person shall offer a bribe, whether it be accepted or not, he shall be punished as a Class F felon. (1870-1, c. 232; Code, s. 992; Rev., s. 3569; C.S., s. 4373; 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. 1208; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 14-220 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 29 - Bribery.|§ 14-220 - Bribery of jurors.

 14-220. Bribery of jurors.If any juror, either directly or indirectly, shall take anything from the plaintiff or defendant in a civil suit, or from any defendant in a State prosecution, or from any other person, to give his verdict, every such juror, and the person who shall give such juror any fee or reward to influence his verdict, or induce or procure him to make any gain or profit by his verdict, shall be punished as a Class F felon. (5 Edw. III, c. 10; 34 Edw. III, c. 8; 38 Edw. III, c. 12; R.C., c. 34, s. 34; Code, s. 990; Rev., s. 3697; C.S., s. 4375; 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. 1209; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 14-221 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 30 - Obstructing Justice.|§ 14-221 - Breaking or entering jails with intent to injure prisoners.

 14-221. Breaking or entering jails with intent to injure prisoners.If any person shall conspire to break or enter any jail or other place of confinement of prisoners charged with crime or under sentence, for the purpose of killing or otherwise injuring any prisoner confined therein; or if any person shall engage in breaking or entering any such jail or other place of confinement of such prisoners with intent to kill or injure any prisoner, he shall be punished as a Class F felon. (1893, c. 461, s. 1; Rev., s. 3698; C.S., s. 4376; 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. 1210; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 14-221.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 30 - Obstructing Justice.|§ 14-221.1 - Altering, destroying, or stealing evidence of criminal conduct.

 14-221.1. Altering, destroying, or stealing evidence of criminal conduct.Any person who breaks or enters any building, structure, compartment, vehicle, file, cabinet, drawer, or any other enclosure wherein evidence relevant to any criminal offense or court proceeding is kept or stored with the purpose of altering, destroying or stealing such evidence; or any person who alters, destroys, or steals any evidence relevant to any criminal offense or court proceeding shall be punished as a Class I felon.As used in this section, the word evidence shall mean any article or document in the possession of a law-enforcement officer or officer of the General Court of Justice being retained for the purpose of being introduced in evidence or having been introduced in evidence or being preserved as evidence. (1975, c. 806, ss. 1, 2; 1979, c. 760, s. 5; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1316, s. 47; 1981, c. 63, s. 1; c. 179, s. 14.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-221.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 30 - Obstructing Justice.|§ 14-221.2 - Altering court documents or entering unauthorized judgments.

 14-221.2. Altering court documents or entering unauthorized judgments.Any person who without lawful authority intentionally enters a judgment upon or materially alters or changes any criminal or civil process, criminal or civil pleading, or other official case record is guilty of a Class H felony. (1979, c. 526; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1316, s. 14; 1981, c. 63, s. 1; c. 179, s. 14.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-223 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 30 - Obstructing Justice.|§ 14-223 - Resisting officers.

 14-223. Resisting officers.(a) If any person shall willfully and unlawfully resist, delay or obstruct a public officer in discharging or attempting to discharge an official duty, the person is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.(b) If any person shall willfully and unlawfully resist, delay, or obstruct a public officer in discharging or attempting to discharge an official duty, and the resistance, delay, or obstruction is the proximate cause of a public officer's serious injury, the person is guilty of a Class I felony.(c) If any person shall willfully and unlawfully resist, delay, or obstruct a public officer in discharging or attempting to discharge an official duty, and the resistance, delay, or obstruction is the proximate cause of a public officer's serious bodily injury, the person is guilty of a Class F felony.(d) "Serious bodily injury" is defined as bodily injury that creates a substantial risk of death, or that causes serious permanent disfigurement, coma, a permanent or protracted condition that causes extreme pain, or permanent or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ, or that results in prolonged hospitalization.  (1889, c. 51, s. 1; Rev., s. 3700; C.S., s. 4378; 1969, c. 1224, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 136; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2021-138, s. 19(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 14-225 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 30 - Obstructing Justice.|§ 14-225 - False reports to law enforcement agencies or officers.

 14-225. False reports to law enforcement agencies or officers.(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, any person who shall willfully make or cause to be made to a law enforcement agency or officer any false, deliberately misleading or unfounded report, for the purpose of interfering with the operation of a law enforcement agency, or to hinder or obstruct any law enforcement officer in the performance of his duty, shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.(b) A violation of subsection (a) of this section is punishable as a Class H felony if the false, deliberately misleading, or unfounded report relates to a law enforcement investigation involving the disappearance of a child as that term is defined in G.S. 14-318.5 or child victim of a Class A, B1, B2, or C felony offense. For purposes of this subsection, a child is any person who is less than 16 years of age.  (1941, c. 363; 1969, c. 1224, s. 3; 1993, c. 539, s. 137; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 23, ss. 1-3; c. 24, s. 14(c); 2013-52, s. 6.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-225.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 30 - Obstructing Justice.|§ 14-225.1 - Picketing or parading.

 14-225.1. Picketing or parading.Any person who, with intent to interfere with, obstruct, or impede the administration of justice, or with intent to influence any justice or judge of the General Court of Justice, juror, witness, district attorney, assistant district attorney, or court officer, in the discharge of his duty, pickets, parades, or uses any sound truck or similar device within 300 feet of an exit from any building housing any court of the General Court of Justice, or within 300 feet of any building or residence occupied or used by such justice, judge, juror, witness, district attorney, assistant district attorney, or court officer, shall upon plea or conviction be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1977, c. 266, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 138; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 14-225.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 30 - Obstructing Justice.|§ 14-225.2 - Harassment of and communication with jurors.

 14-225.2. Harassment of and communication with jurors.(a) A person is guilty of harassment of a juror if he:(1) With intent to influence the official action of another as a juror, harasses, intimidates, or communicates with the juror or his spouse; or(2) As a result of the prior official action of another as a juror in a grand jury proceeding or trial, threatens in any manner or in any place, or intimidates the former juror or his spouse.(b) In this section "juror" means a grand juror or a petit juror and includes a person who has been drawn or summoned to attend as a prospective juror.(c) A person who commits the offense defined in subdivision (a)(1) of this section is guilty of a Class H felony. A person who commits the offense defined in subdivision (a)(2) of this section is guilty of a Class I felony. (1977, c. 711, s. 16; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1316, s. 15; 1981, c. 63, s. 1, c. 179, s. 14; 1985, c. 691; 1993, c. 539, s. 1211; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 14-226 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 30 - Obstructing Justice.|§ 14-226 - Intimidating or interfering with witnesses.

 14-226. Intimidating or interfering with witnesses.(a) If any person shall by threats, menaces or in any other manner intimidate or attempt to intimidate any person who is summoned or acting as a witness in any of the courts of this State, or prevent or deter, or attempt to prevent or deter any person summoned or acting as such witness from attendance upon such court, the person shall be guilty of a Class G felony.(b) A defendant in a criminal proceeding who threatens a witness in the defendant's case with the assertion or denial of parental rights shall be in violation of this section.  (1891, c. 87; Rev., s. 3696; C.S., s. 4380; 1977, c. 711, s. 16; 1993, c. 539, s. 1212; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2004-128, s. 15; 2006-264, s. 2; 2011-190, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-226.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 30 - Obstructing Justice.|§ 14-226.1 - Violating orders of court.

 14-226.1. Violating orders of court.Any person who shall willfully disobey or violate any injunction, restraining order, or any order lawfully issued by any court for the purpose of maintaining or restoring public safety and public order, or to afford protection for lives or property during times of a public crisis, disaster, riot, catastrophe, or when such condition is imminent, or for the purpose of preventing and abating disorderly conduct as defined in G.S. 14-288.4 shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor which may include a fine not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00). This section shall not in any manner affect the court's power to punish for contempt. (1969, c. 1128; 1993, c. 539, s. 139; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 14-226.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 30 - Obstructing Justice.|§ 14-226.2 - Harassment of participant in neighborhood crime watch program.

 14-226.2. Harassment of participant in neighborhood crime watch program.Any person who willfully threatens or intimidates an identifiable member or a resident in the same household as the member of a neighborhood crime watch program for the purpose of intimidating or retaliating against that person for the person's participation in a neighborhood crime watch program is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor including a fine of at least three hundred dollars ($300.00). It is a violation of this section for a person to threaten or intimidate an identifiable member or a resident in the same household as the member of a neighborhood crime watch program while that member is traveling to or from a neighborhood crime watch meeting, actively participating in a neighborhood crime watch program activity, or actively participating in an ongoing criminal investigation. (2006-181, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-226.3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 30 - Obstructing Justice.|§ 14-226.3 - Interference with electronic monitoring devices.

 14-226.3. Interference with electronic monitoring devices.(a) For purposes of this section, the term "electronic monitoring device" includes any electronic device that is used to track the location of a person.(b) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly and without authority remove, destroy, or circumvent the operation of an electronic monitoring device that is being used for the purpose of monitoring a person who is:(1) Complying with a house arrest program;(2) Wearing an electronic monitoring device as a condition of bond or pretrial release;(3) Wearing an electronic monitoring device as a condition of probation;(4) Wearing an electronic monitoring device as a condition of parole; or(5) Wearing an electronic monitoring device as a condition of post-release supervision.(c) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly and without authority request or solicit any other person to remove, destroy, or circumvent the operation of an electronic monitoring device that is being used for the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section.(d) This section does not apply to persons who are being monitored by an electronic monitoring device pursuant to the provisions of Article 27A of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes, or Chapter 7B of the General Statutes.(e) Violation of this section by a person who is required to comply with electronic monitoring as a result of a conviction for a criminal offense is a felony one class lower than the most serious underlying felony or a misdemeanor one class lower than the most serious underlying misdemeanor, except that, if the most serious underlying felony is a Class I felony, then violation of this section is a Class A1 misdemeanor. Violation of this section by a person who is required to comply with electronic monitoring as a condition of bond or pretrial release is a Class 1 misdemeanor. Violation of this section by any other person is a Class 2 misdemeanor.  (2009-415, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-227 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 30 - Obstructing Justice.|§ 14-227 - Failing to attend as witness before legislative committees.

 14-227. Failing to attend as witness before legislative committees.If any person shall willfully fail or refuse to attend or produce papers, on summons of any committee of investigation of either house of the General Assembly, either select or committee of the whole, he shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor and fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000). (1869-70, c. 5, s. 2; Code, s. 2854; Rev., s. 3692; C.S., s. 4381; 1993, c. 539, s. 140; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 14-227.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 30A - Secret Listening.|§ 14-227.1 - Secret listening to conference between prisoner and his attorney.

 14-227.1. Secret listening to conference between prisoner and his attorney.(a) It shall be unlawful for any person willfully to overhear, or procure any other person to overhear, or attempt to overhear any spoken words between a person who is in the physical custody of a law-enforcement agency or other public agency and such person's attorney, by using any electronic amplifying, transmitting, or recording device, or by any similar or other mechanical or electrical device or arrangement, without the consent or knowledge of all persons engaging in the conversation.(b) No evidence procured in violation of this section shall be admissible over objection against any person participating in such conference in any court in this State. (1967, c. 187, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-227.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 30A - Secret Listening.|§ 14-227.2 - Secret listening to deliberations of grand or petit jury.

 14-227.2. Secret listening to deliberations of grand or petit jury.It shall be unlawful for any person willfully to overhear, or procure any other person to overhear, or attempt to overhear the investigations and deliberations of, or the taking of votes by, a grand jury or a petit jury in a criminal case, by using any electronic amplifying, transmitting, or recording device, or by any similar or other mechanical or electrical device or arrangement, without the consent or knowledge of said grand jury or petit jury. (1967, c. 187, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-227.3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 30A - Secret Listening.|§ 14-227.3 - Violation made misdemeanor.

 14-227.3. Violation made misdemeanor.All persons violating the provisions of G.S. 14-227.1 or 14-227.2 shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1967, c. 187, s. 2; 1969, c. 1224, s. 6; 1993, c. 539, s. 141; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 14-228 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 31 - Misconduct in Public Office.|§ 14-228 - Buying and selling offices.

 14-228. Buying and selling offices.If any person shall bargain away or sell an office or deputation of an office, or any part or parcel thereof, or shall take money, reward or other profit, directly or indirectly, or shall take any promise, covenant, bond or assurance for money, reward or other profit, for an office or the deputation of an office, or any part thereof, which office, or any part thereof, shall touch or concern the administration or execution of justice, or the receipt, collection, control or disbursement of the public revenue, or shall concern or touch any clerkship in any court of record wherein justice is administered; or if any person shall give or pay money, reward or other profit, or shall make any promise, agreement, bond or assurance for any of such offices, or for the deputation of any of them, or for any part of them, the person so offending in any of the cases aforesaid shall be guilty of a Class I felony. (5, 6 Edw. VI, c. 16, ss. 1, 5; R.C., c. 34, s. 33; Code, s. 998; Rev., s. 3571; C.S., s. 4382; 1993, c. 539, s. 1213; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 14-229 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 31 - Misconduct in Public Office.|§ 14-229 - Acting as officer before qualifying as such.

 14-229. Acting as officer before qualifying as such.If any officer shall enter on the duties of his office before he executes and delivers to the authority entitled to receive the same the bonds required by law, and qualifies by taking and subscribing and filing in the proper office the oath of office prescribed, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and shall be ejected from his office. (Code, s. 79; Rev., s. 3565; C.S., s. 4383; 1999-408, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-230 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 31 - Misconduct in Public Office.|§ 14-230 - Willfully failing to discharge duties.

 14-230. Willfully failing to discharge duties.(a) If any clerk of any court of record, sheriff, magistrate, school board member, county commissioner, county surveyor, coroner, treasurer, or official of any of the State institutions, or of any county, city or town, shall willfully omit, neglect or refuse to discharge any of the duties of his office, for default whereof it is not elsewhere provided that he shall be indicted, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. If it shall be proved that such officer, after his qualification, willfully and corruptly omitted, neglected or refused to discharge any of the duties of his office, or willfully and corruptly violated his oath of office according to the true intent and meaning thereof, such officer shall be guilty of misbehavior in office, and shall be punished by removal therefrom under the sentence of the court as a part of the punishment for the offense.(b) No magistrate recusing in accordance with G.S. 51-5.5 may be charged under this section for recusal to perform marriages in accordance with Chapter 51 of the General Statutes.  (1901, c. 270, s. 2; Rev., s. 3592; C.S., s. 4384; 1943, c. 347; 1973, c. 108, s. 5; 1993, c. 539, s. 142; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2009-107, s. 1; 2015-75, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 14-231 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 31 - Misconduct in Public Office.|§ 14-231 - Failing to make reports and discharge other duties.

 14-231. Failing to make reports and discharge other duties.If any State or county officer shall fail, neglect or refuse to make, file or publish any report, statement or other paper, or to deliver to his successor all books and other property belonging to his office, or to pay over or deliver to the proper person all moneys which come into his hands by virtue or color of his office, or to discharge any duty devolving upon him by virtue of his office and required of him by law, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (Rev., s. 3576; C.S., s. 4385; 1993, c. 539, s. 143; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 14-232 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 14 - Criminal Law|Article 31 - Misconduct in Public Office.|§ 14-232 - Swearing falsely to official reports.

 14-232. Swearing falsely to official reports.If any clerk, sheriff, register of deeds, county commissioner, county treasurer, magistrate or other county officer shall willfully swear falsely to any report or statement required by law to be made or filed, concerning or touching the county, State or school revenue, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1874-5, c. 151, s. 4; 1876-7, c. 276, s. 4; Code, s. 731; Rev., s. 3605; C.S., s. 4386; 1973, c. 108, s. 6; 1993, c. 539, s. 144; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)