Laws of North Carolina (Last Updated: May 12, 2015) |
Chapter14. Criminal Law. |
SubchapterVI. CRIMINAL TRESPASS |
Article22. Damages and Other Offenses to Land and Fixtures |
§14-159. Injuring buildings or fences; taking possession of house without consent
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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).)