{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-456.1","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-456.1","heading":"Denial of government computer services to an authorized user.","body":"(a)\tAny person who willfully and without authorization denies or causes the denial of government computer services is guilty of a Class H felony. For the purposes of this section, the term \"government computer service\" means any service provided or performed by a government computer as defined in G.S. 14-454.1.\n(b)\tThis section also applies to denial of services effectuated by 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.\n(c)\tThis section shall not apply to denial of pornographic viewing as required by G.S. 143-805. (2002-157, s. 6; 2024-26, s. 7(d).)","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_14-456.1.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:32Z","sha256":"80a3a6134bba6e086d5f4a46739d0f1e36d5777a4ed7916459726440c10e732f","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-456","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-457"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}