14-127. Willful and wanton injury to real property. If any person shall willfully and wantonly damage, injure or destroy any real property whatsoever, either of a public or private nature, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (R.C., c. 34, s. 111; 1873-4, c. 176, s. 5; Code, s. 1081; Rev., s. 3677; […]
14-127.1. Graffiti vandalism. (a) As used in this section, "graffiti vandalism" means to unlawfully write or scribble on, mark, paint, deface, or besmear the walls of (i) any real property, whether public or private, including cemetery tombstones and monuments, (ii) any public building or facility as defined in G.S. 14-132, or (iii) any statue or […]
14-128. Injury to trees, crops, lands, etc., of another. Any person, not being on his own lands, who shall without the consent of the owner thereof, willfully commit any damage, injury, or spoliation to or upon any tree, wood, underwood, timber, garden, crops, vegetables, plants, lands, springs, or any other matter or thing growing or […]
14-129. Taking, etc., of certain wild plants from land of another. No person, firm or corporation shall dig up, pull up or take from the land of another or from any public domain, the whole or any part of any trailing arbutus, Aaron’s Rod (Thermopsis caroliniana), Bird-foot Violet (Viola pedata), Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis), Blue Dogbane […]
14-129.2. Unlawful to take sea oats. (a) It is unlawful to dig up, pull up, or take from the land of another or from any public domain the whole or any part of any Sea Oats (Uniola paniculata) without the consent of the owner of that land. (b) Any person convicted of violating the provisions […]
14-129.3. Felony taking of Venus flytrap. (a) Any person, firm, or corporation who digs up, pulls up, takes, or carries away, or aids in taking or carrying away, any Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) plant or the seed of any Venus flytrap plant growing upon the lands of another person, or from the public domain, with […]
14-130. Trespass on public lands. If any person shall erect a building on any state-owned lands, or cultivate or remove timber from any such lands, without the permission of the State, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Moreover, the State can recover from any person cutting timber on its land three times […]
14-131. Trespass on land under option by the federal government. On lands under option which have formally or informally been offered to and accepted by either the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources or the Department of Environmental Quality by the acquiring federal agency and tentatively accepted by a Department for administration as […]
14-132. Disorderly conduct in and injuries to public buildings and facilities. (a) It is a misdemeanor if any person shall: (1) Make any rude or riotous noise, or be guilty of any disorderly conduct, in or near any public building or facility; or (2) Unlawfully write or scribble on, mark, deface, besmear, or injure the […]
14-132.2. Willfully trespassing upon, damaging, or impeding the progress of a public school bus. (a) Any person who shall unlawfully and willfully demolish, destroy, deface, injure, burn or damage any public school bus or public school activity bus shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (b) Any person who shall enter a public school […]
14-134.2. Operating motor vehicle upon utility easements after being forbidden to do so. If any person, without permission, shall ride, drive or operate a minibike, motorbike, motorcycle, jeep, dune buggy, automobile, truck or any other motor vehicle, other than a motorized all-terrain vehicle as defined in G.S. 14-159.3, upon a utility easement upon which the […]
14-134.3. Domestic criminal trespass. (a) Any person who enters after being forbidden to do so or remains after being ordered to leave by the lawful occupant, upon the premises occupied by a present or former spouse or by a person with whom the person charged has lived as if married, shall be guilty of a […]
14-135. Larceny of timber. (a) Offense. – Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person commits the offense of larceny of timber if the person does any of the following: (1) Knowingly and willfully cuts down, injures, or removes any timber owned by another person, without the consent of the owner […]
14-135.1. Wood load tickets required for certain wood product sales; exceptions; penalties. (a) Definition. – For purposes of this section, the term "wood product" means trees, timber, wood, or any combination thereof. (b) Requirement. – Except as provided in this section, whenever a timber buyer or timber operator purchases wood product by the load directly […]
14-136. Setting fire to grass and brushlands and woodlands. If any person shall intentionally set fire to any grassland, brushland or woodland, except it be his own property, or in that case without first giving notice to all persons owning or in charge of lands adjoining the land intended to be fired, and without also […]
14-137. Willfully or negligently setting fire to woods and fields. If any person, firm or corporation shall willfully or negligently set on fire, or cause to be set on fire, any woods, lands or fields, whatsoever, every such offender shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. This section shall apply only in those counties […]
14-138.1. Setting fire to grassland, brushland, or woodland. Any person, firm, corporation, or other legal entity who shall in any manner whatsoever start any fire upon any grassland, brushland, or woodland without fully extinguishing the same, shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor which may include a fine of not less than ten dollars […]
14-140.1. Certain fire to be guarded by watchman. Any person, firm, corporation, or other legal entity who shall burn any brush, grass, or other material whereby any property may be endangered or destroyed, without keeping and maintaining a careful watchman in charge of the burning, shall be guilty of an infraction which may include a […]
14-141. Burning or otherwise destroying crops in the field. Any person who shall willfully burn or destroy any other person’s lawfully grown crop, pasture, or provender shall be punished as follows: (1) If the damage is two thousand dollars ($2,000) or less, the person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (2) If the damage […]
14-142. Injuries to dams and water channels of mills and factories. If any person shall cut away, destroy or otherwise injure any dam, or part thereof, or shall obstruct or damage any race, canal or other water channel erected, opened, used or constructed for the purpose of furnishing water for the operation of any mill, […]
