{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-119","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-119","heading":"Forgery of notes, checks, and other securities; counterfeiting of instruments.","body":"(a)\tIt is unlawful for any person to forge or counterfeit any instrument, or possess any counterfeit instrument, with the intent to injure or defraud any person, financial institution, or governmental unit. Any person in violation of this subsection is guilty of a Class I felony.\n(b)\tAny person who transports or possesses five or more counterfeit instruments with the intent to injure or defraud any person, financial institution, or governmental unit is guilty of a Class G felony.\n(c)\tAs used in this Article, the term:\n(1)\t\"Counterfeit\" means to manufacture, copy, reproduce, or forge an instrument that purports to be genuine, but is not, because it has been falsely copied, reproduced, forged, manufactured, embossed, encoded, duplicated, or altered.\n(2)\t\"Financial institution\" means any mutual fund, money market fund, credit union, savings and loan association, bank, or similar institution, either foreign or domestic.\n(3)\t\"Governmental unit\" means the United States, any United States territory, any state of the United States, any political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality of any state, or any foreign jurisdiction.\n(4)\t\"Instrument\" means (i) any currency, bill, note, warrant, check, order, or similar instrument of or on any financial institution or governmental unit, or any cashier or officer of the institution or unit; or (ii) any security issued by, or on behalf of, any corporation, financial institution, or governmental unit. (1819, c. 994, s. 1, P.R.; R.C., c. 34, s. 60; Code, s. 1030; Rev., s. 3419; C.S., s. 4293; 1979, c. 760, s. 5; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1316, s. 47; 1981, c. 63, s. 1; c. 179, s. 14; 1983, c. 397, s. 1; 2002-175, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 14. Criminal Law.","SUBCHAPTER V. OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY.","Article 21. Forgery."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_14/GS_14-119.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:32Z","sha256":"d9465c817046d8155e5f6edb66437b2ec949baaa03cc395c15ebe1f677da60de","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-118.17","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-120"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}