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North Carolina · Through S.L. 2026-30

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-54.1: Breaking or entering a building that is a place of religious worship.

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  1. Chapter 14. Criminal Law.
  2. Subchapter IV. Offenses Against the Habitation and Other Buildings.
  3. Article 14. Burglary and Other Housebreakings.

(a) Any person who wrongfully breaks or enters any building that is a place of religious worship with intent to commit any felony or larceny therein is guilty of a Class G felony.

(b) As used in this section, a "building that is a place of religious worship" shall be construed to include 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. (2005-235, s. 1.)

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