{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-225","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-225","heading":"False reports to law enforcement agencies or officers.","body":"(a)\tExcept as provided in subsection (b) of this section, any person who shall willfully make or cause to be made to a law enforcement agency or officer any false, deliberately misleading or unfounded report, for the purpose of interfering with the operation of a law enforcement agency, or to hinder or obstruct any law enforcement officer in the performance of his duty, shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.\n(b)\tA violation of subsection (a) of this section is punishable as a Class H felony if the false, deliberately misleading, or unfounded report relates to a law enforcement investigation involving the disappearance of a child as that term is defined in G.S. 14-318.5 or child victim of a Class A, B1, B2, or C felony offense. For purposes of this subsection, a child is any person who is less than 16 years of age. (1941, c. 363; 1969, c. 1224, s. 3; 1993, c. 539, s. 137; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 23, ss. 1-3; c. 24, s. 14(c); 2013-52, s. 6.)","path":["Chapter 14. Criminal Law.","subchapter VIII. offenses against public justice.","Article 30. Obstructing Justice."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_14/GS_14-225.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:32Z","sha256":"b748d82ba02651cd6a331dbaaa594986cba5b7f387fdb338510b5be607e5fda0","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-224","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-225.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}