{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-56.1","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-56.1","heading":"Breaking into or forcibly opening coin-or currency-operated machines.","body":"Any person who forcibly breaks into, or by the unauthorized use of a key or other instrument opens, any coin-or currency-operated machine with intent to steal any property or moneys therein shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor, but if such person has previously been convicted of violating this section, such person shall be punished as a Class I felon. The term \"coin-or currency-operated machine\" shall mean any coin-or currency-operated vending machine, pay telephone, telephone coin or currency receptacle, or other coin-or currency-activated machine or device.\nThere shall be posted on the machines referred to in G.S. 14-56.1 a decal stating that it is a crime to break into vending machines, and that a second offense is a felony. The absence of such a decal is not a defense to a prosecution for the crime described in this section. (1963, c. 814, s. 1; 1977, c. 723, ss. 1, 3; 1979, c. 760, s. 5; c. 767, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, ss. 27, 1153; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)","path":["Chapter 14. Criminal Law.","Subchapter IV. Offenses Against the Habitation and Other Buildings.","Article 14. Burglary and Other Housebreakings."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_14/GS_14-56.1.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:32Z","sha256":"810bbf02b3cf5b667479b6e0c02c0658a06ebe6d2b3ef1d7c20ef4893b1b1fb1","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-56","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-56.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}