{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-50.18","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-50.18","heading":"Soliciting; encouraging participation; minor.","body":"(a)\tIt is unlawful for any person to cause, encourage, solicit, or coerce a person under 16 years of age to participate in criminal gang activity.\n(b)\tA violation of this section is a Class F felony.\n(c)\tNothing in this section shall preclude a person who commits a violation of this section from criminal culpability for the underlying offense committed by the minor under any other provision of law. (2008-214, s. 3; 2017-194, s. 8.)","path":["Chapter 14. Criminal Law.","Subchapter III. Offenses Against the Person.","Article 13A. North Carolina Criminal Gang Suppression Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_14/GS_14-50.18.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:32Z","sha256":"136d3e51a5c0ce5df0e6679b55530c49f54343ffb2a99981f1f28e8fef618e23","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-50.17","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-50.19"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}