{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-381","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-381","heading":"Desecration of State and United States flag.","body":"It shall be unlawful for any person willfully and knowingly to cast contempt upon any flag of the United States or upon any flag of North Carolina by public acts of physical contact including, but not limited to, mutilation, defiling, defacing or trampling. Any person violating this section shall be deemed guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.\nThe flag of the United States, as used in this section, shall be the same as defined in 4 U.S.C.A. 1 and 4 U.S.C.A. 2. The flag of North Carolina, as used in this section, shall be the same as defined in G.S. 144-1. (1917, c. 271; C.S., s. 4500; 1971, c. 295; 1993, c. 539, s. 253; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)","path":["Chapter 14. Criminal Law.","SUBCHAPTER XI. GENERAL POLICE REGULATIONS.","Article 52. Miscellaneous Police Regulations."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_14/GS_14-381.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:32Z","sha256":"b29e3d1e00e7f8d330c24d3e6ad6fdc961c0f8c8f8870c0cee6cd54342d7242f","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-380.5","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-382"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}