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North Carolina · Through S.L. 2026-30

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-277.7: Communicating a threat of mass violence at a place of religious worship.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Chapter 14. Criminal Law.
  2. Subchapter IX. Offenses Against the Public Peace.
  3. Article 35. Offenses Against the Public Peace.

(a) A person who, by any means of communication to any person or groups of persons, threatens to commit an act of mass violence at a place of religious worship is guilty of a Class H felony.

(b) The following definitions apply to this section:

(1) Mass violence. - As defined in G.S. 14-277.5(a)(2).

(2) Place of religious worship. - Any church, chapel, meetinghouse, synagogue, temple, longhouse, or mosque, or other building that is regularly used, and clearly identifiable, as a place for religious worship. (2018-72, s. 2.)

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