N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-531: Refusal to surrender official papers misdemeanor.
Where this section sits in the code
- Chapter 1. Civil Procedure.
- SUBCHAPTER XIV. ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES.
- Article 41. Quo Warranto.
If a person against whom a judgment has been rendered in an action brought to recover a public office shall fail or refuse to turn over, on demand, to the person adjudged to be entitled to such office, all papers, documents and books belonging to such office, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (C.C.P., s. 372; Code, s. 612; Rev., s. 3601; C.S., s. 886; 1993, c. 539, s. 2; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
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