{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-168.3","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-168.3","heading":"Prima facie evidence of intent to convert property.","body":"It shall be prima facie evidence of intent to commit a crime as set forth in G.S. 14-167, 14-168, and 14-168.1 with respect to any property other than a truck, automobile, or other motor vehicle when one who has, by written instrument, leased or rented the personal property of another:\n(1)\tFailed or refused to return such property to its owner after the lease, bailment, or rental agreement has expired,\na.\tWithin 10 days, and\nb.\tWithin 48 hours after written demand for return thereof is personally served or given by registered mail delivered to the last known address provided in such lease or rental agreement, or\n(2)\tWhen the leasing or rental of such personal property is obtained by presentation of identification to the lessor or rentor thereof which is false, fictitious, or knowingly not current as to name, address, place of employment, or other identification. (1965, c. 1118; 2005-182, s. 2.)","path":["Chapter 14. Criminal Law.","SUBCHAPTER VI. CRIMINAL TRESPASS.","Article 24. Vehicles and Draft Animals-Protection of Bailor Against Acts of Bailee."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_14/GS_14-168.3.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:32Z","sha256":"fbf47ddc267a8e81c2f9293cc1a4f4894d8d9a19faccf0bd3ba66a9b500f83d3","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-168.2","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-168.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}