{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-256","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-256","heading":"Prison breach and escape from county or municipal confinement facilities or officers.","body":"If any person shall break any prison, jail or lockup maintained by any county or municipality in North Carolina, being lawfully confined therein, or shall escape from the lawful custody of any superintendent, guard or officer of such prison, jail or lockup, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor, except that the person is guilty of a Class H felony if:\n(1)\tHe has been charged with or convicted of a felony and has been committed to the facility pending trial or transfer to the State prison system; or\n(2)\tHe is serving a sentence imposed upon conviction of a felony. (1 Edw. II, st. 2d; R.C., c. 34, s. 19; Code, s. 1021; Rev., s. 3657; 1909, c. 872; C.S., s. 4404; 1955, c. 279, s. 1; 1983, c. 455, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, ss. 159, 1217; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 1997-443, s. 19.25(s); 2013-389, s. 3.)","path":["Chapter 14. Criminal Law.","subchapter VIII. offenses against public justice.","Article 33. Prison Breach and Prisoners."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_14/GS_14-256.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:32Z","sha256":"7638bb0df53cab9e8faeec038b7301148159232667af1231f3cb3bf21775c91f","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-255","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-256.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}