{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-277.7","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-277.7","heading":"Communicating a threat of mass violence at a place of religious worship.","body":"(a)\tA person who, by any means of communication to any person or groups of persons, threatens to commit an act of mass violence at a place of religious worship is guilty of a Class H felony.\n(b)\tThe following definitions apply to this section:\n(1)\tMass violence. - As defined in G.S. 14-277.5(a)(2).\n(2)\tPlace of religious worship. - Any church, chapel, meetinghouse, synagogue, temple, longhouse, or mosque, or other building that is regularly used, and clearly identifiable, as a place for religious worship. (2018-72, s. 2.)","path":["Chapter 14. Criminal Law.","Subchapter IX. Offenses Against the Public Peace.","Article 35. Offenses Against the Public Peace."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_14/GS_14-277.7.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:32Z","sha256":"5c622f0c3da0253aaa2645a646b03c2b2e3bc3da0dc5973f31b16d802676cde5","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-277.6","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-277.8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}