{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-280.2","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-280.2","heading":"Use of a laser device towards an aircraft.","body":"(a)\tAny person who, willfully points a laser device at an aircraft, while the device is emitting a laser beam, and while the aircraft is taking off, landing, in flight, or otherwise in motion, is guilty of a Class H felony.\n(b)\tThe following definitions apply to this section:\n(1)\t\"Aircraft\" is as defined in G.S. 63-1.\n(2)\t\"Laser\" is as defined in G.S. 14-34.8.\n(c)\tThis section shall not apply where the laser use had been approved by a State or federal agency. (2005-329, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 14. Criminal Law.","SUBCHAPTER X. OFFENSES AGAINST THE PUBLIC SAFETY.","Article 36. Offenses Against the Public Safety."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_14/GS_14-280.2.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:32Z","sha256":"890d5552185dedb06a1f5f5e090e1bad8967a0a46c13c523c7ffba6b6c413989","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-280.1","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-280.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}