{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-160.4","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-160.4","heading":"Injuring or tampering with vehicle.","body":"(a)\tAny person who either individually or in association with one or more other persons willfully injures or tampers with any vehicles or breaks or removes any part or parts of or from a vehicle without the consent of the owner is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.\n(b)\tAny person who with intent to steal, commit any malicious mischief, injury or other crime, climbs into or upon a vehicle, whether it is in motion or at rest, or with like intent attempts to manipulate any of the levers, starting mechanism, brakes, or other mechanism or device of a vehicle while the same is at rest and unattended or with like intent sets in motion any vehicle while the same is at rest and unattended, is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1937, c. 407, s. 71; 1965, c. 621, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 348; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); recodified from N.C. Gen. Stat. 20-107 by 2022-73, s. 4(a).)","path":["Chapter 14. Criminal Law.","SUBCHAPTER VI. CRIMINAL TRESPASS.","Article 23. Trespasses to Personal Property."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_14/GS_14-160.4.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:32Z","sha256":"70528fb56fc9d773ad231552c0c52f4eec964407a461d8f34d2ef696af087a39","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-160.3","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-161"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}