{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-134.2","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-134.2","heading":"Operating motor vehicle upon utility easements after being forbidden to do so.","body":"If any person, without permission, shall ride, drive or operate a minibike, motorbike, motorcycle, jeep, dune buggy, automobile, truck or any other motor vehicle, other than a motorized all-terrain vehicle as defined in G.S. 14-159.3, upon a utility easement upon which the owner or holder of the easement or agent of the owner or holder of the easement has posted on the easement a \"no trespassing\" sign or has otherwise given oral or written notice to the person not to so ride, drive or operate such a vehicle upon the said easement, he shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor, provided, however, neither the owner of the property nor the holder of the easement or their agents, employees, guests, invitees or permittees shall be guilty of a violation under this section. (1975, c. 636, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 75; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 1997-487, s. 2; 2015-26, s. 2.1.)","path":["Chapter 14. Criminal Law.","SUBCHAPTER VI. CRIMINAL TRESPASS.","Article 22. Damages and Other Offenses to Land and Fixtures."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_14/GS_14-134.2.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:32Z","sha256":"8efbb9d665bfd2c41314fafa605e2e5b78478bf7671e74ba9c63a17bd9b662cc","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-134.1","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-134.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}