{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-27.27","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-27.27","heading":"Second-degree forcible sexual offense.","body":"(a)\tA person is guilty of second degree forcible sexual offense if the person engages in a sexual act with another person:\n(1)\tBy force and against the will of the other person; or\n(2)\tWho has a mental disability or who is mentally incapacitated or physically helpless, and the person performing the act knows or should reasonably know that the other person has a mental disability or is mentally incapacitated or physically helpless.\n(b)\tAny person who commits the offense defined in this section is guilty of a Class C felony. (1979, c. 682, s. 1; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1316, s. 7; 1981, c. 63; c. 179, s. 14; 1993, c. 539, s. 1131; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2002-159, s. 2(c); 2015-181, ss. 9(a), (b); 2018-47, s. 4(c).)","path":["Chapter 14. Criminal Law.","Subchapter III. Offenses Against the Person.","Article 7B. Rape and Other Sex Offenses."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_14/GS_14-27.27.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:32Z","sha256":"db28c4083c45803163b88194c65ae86e36eb706cd70b5b1c20667aed21c1e06b","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-27.26","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-27.28"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}