{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-65","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-65","heading":"Fraudulently setting fire to dwelling houses.","body":"If any person, being the occupant of any building used as a dwelling house, whether such person be the owner thereof or not, or, being the owner of any building designed or intended as a dwelling house, shall wantonly and willfully or for a fraudulent purpose set fire to or burn or cause to be burned, or aid, counsel or procure the burning of such building, he shall be punished as a Class H felon. (Code, s. 985; 1903, c. 665, s. 3; Rev., s. 3340; 1909, c. 862; C.S., s. 4245; 1927, c. 11, s. 2; 1971, c. 816, s. 8; 1979, c. 760, s. 5; 1979 2nd Sess., c. 1316, s. 47; 1981, c. 63, s. 1; c. 179, s. 14.)","path":["Chapter 14. Criminal Law.","Subchapter IV. Offenses Against the Habitation and Other Buildings.","Article 15. Arson and Other Burnings."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_14/GS_14-65.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:32Z","sha256":"35e1ecb5c3ee86f791ffa3045eaf6c7628ad378ee45ab2e8b6c0e939fccc73e6","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-64","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-66"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}