{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-118.13","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-118.13","heading":"Venue.","body":"In any criminal proceeding brought under this Article, the crime shall be construed to have been committed:\n(1)\tIn the county in which the residential real property for which a mortgage loan is being sought is located;\n(2)\tIn any county in which any act was performed in furtherance of the violation;\n(3)\tIn any county in which any person alleged to have violated this Article had control or possession of any proceeds of the violation;\n(4)\tIf a closing occurred, in any county in which the closing occurred; or\n(5)\tIn any county in which a document containing a deliberate misstatement, misrepresentation, or omission is filed with the official registrar of deeds or with the Division of Motor Vehicles. (2007-163, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 14. Criminal Law.","SUBCHAPTER V. OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY.","Article 20A. Residential Mortgage Fraud Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_14/GS_14-118.13.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:32Z","sha256":"5b163a057de45092826534b972de9bb4d40de779f5355e5811206f9b498057c9","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-118.12","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-118.14"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}