{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-158","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-158","heading":"Interfering with telephone lines.","body":"If any person shall unnecessarily disconnect the wire or in any other way render any telephone line, or any part of such line, unfit for use in transmitting messages, or shall unnecessarily cut, tear down, destroy or in any way render unfit for the transmission of messages any part of the wire of a telephone line, he shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1901, c. 318; Rev., s. 3845; C.S., s. 4330; 1969, c. 1224, s. 3; 1993, c. 539, s. 96; 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_14-158.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:32Z","sha256":"9f12abb1ceed7cb69cbe48d74153b5213af46ac557917c65f517d6f8b0b6c68c","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-157","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-159"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}