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Home » US Law » 2022 North Carolina General Statutes » Chapter 14 - Criminal Law » Article 19 - False Pretenses and Cheats. » § 14-102 – Obtaining property by false representation of pedigree of animals.

14-102. Obtaining property by false representation of pedigree of animals.

If any person shall, with intent to defraud or cheat, knowingly represent any animal for breeding purposes as being of greater degree of any particular strain of blood than such animal actually possesses, and by such representation obtain from any other person money or other thing of value, he shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1891, c. 94, s. 2; Rev., s. 3307; C.S., s. 4279; 1993, c. 539, s. 40; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)