{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-157","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-157","heading":"Felling trees on telephone and electric-power wires.","body":"If any person shall negligently and carelessly cut or fell any tree, or any limb or branch therefrom, in such a manner as to cause the same to fall upon and across any telephone, electric light or electric-power-transmission wire, from which any injury to such wire shall be occasioned, he shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor, and shall also be liable to penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each and every offense. (1903, c. 616; Rev., s. 3849; 1907, c. 827, s. 2; C.S., s. 4329; 1969, c. 1224, s. 9; 1993, c. 539, s. 95; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)","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_14-157.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:32Z","sha256":"584f889e4a0862fa7c5fc43762c53e71c5b4b6bc55773f41c11714f7ed0fb162","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-156","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-158"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}