{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-454","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-454","heading":"Accessing computers.","body":"(a)\tIt is unlawful to willfully, directly or indirectly, access or cause to be accessed any computer, computer program, computer system, computer network, or any part thereof, for the purpose of:\n(1)\tDevising or executing any scheme or artifice to defraud, unless the object of the scheme or artifice is to obtain educational testing material, a false educational testing score, or a false academic or vocational grade, or\n(2)\tObtaining property or services other than educational testing material, a false educational testing score, or a false academic or vocational grade for a person, by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations or promises.\nA violation of this subsection is a Class G felony if the fraudulent scheme or artifice results in damage of more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or if the property or services obtained are worth more than one thousand dollars ($1,000). Any other violation of this subsection is a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n(b)\tAny person who willfully and without authorization, directly or indirectly, accesses or causes to be accessed any computer, computer program, computer system, or computer network for any purpose other than those set forth in subsection (a) above, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n(c)\tFor the purpose of this section, the phrase \"access or cause to be accessed\" includes introducing, directly or indirectly, a computer program (including a self-replicating or a self-propagating computer program) into a computer, computer program, computer system, or computer network. (1979, c. 831, s. 1; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1316, s. 19; 1981, cc. 63, 179; 1993, c. 539, s. 293; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 764, s. 1; 2000-125, s. 4.)","path":["Chapter 14. Criminal Law.","SUBCHAPTER XI. GENERAL POLICE REGULATIONS.","Article 60. Computer-Related Crime."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_14/GS_14-454.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:32Z","sha256":"09148dfb01e94b16050a7ed0d0bd4fc109bb6d34cc9dffb9f7983d17156337c5","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-453.2","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-454.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}