{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-34.2","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-34.2","heading":"Assault with a firearm or other deadly weapon upon governmental officers or employees, company police officers, or campus police officers.","body":"Unless a person's conduct is covered under some other provision of law providing greater punishment, any person who commits an assault with a deadly weapon upon an officer or employee of the State or of any political subdivision of the State, a company police officer certified pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 74E of the General Statutes, or a campus police officer certified pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 74G, Article 1 of Chapter 17C or Chapter 116 of the General Statutes, in the performance of an official duty is guilty of a Class E felony. (1969, c. 1134; 1977, c. 829; 1979, c. 760, s. 5; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1316, s. 47; 1981, c. 63, s. 1; c. 179, s. 14; 1981, c. 535, s. 1; 1991, c. 525, s. 2; 1993, c. 539, s. 1142; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 687, s. 2; 1995, c. 507, s. 19.5(i); 2005-231, s. 6.1; 2023-76, s. 4.)","path":["Chapter 14. Criminal Law.","Subchapter III. Offenses Against the Person.","Article 8. Assaults."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_14/GS_14-34.2.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:32Z","sha256":"623760114cfb82370e0d2ef5c88c4c94d304ce2418533cf8c9b9a1d9ca89cfe2","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-34.1a","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-34.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}