{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-89.1","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-89.1","heading":"Safecracking.","body":"(a)\tA person is guilty of safecracking if he unlawfully opens, enters, or attempts to open or enter a safe or vault :\n(1)\tBy the use of explosives, drills, or tools; or\n(2)\tThrough the use of a stolen combination, key, electronic device, or other fraudulently acquired implement or means; or\n(3)\tThrough the use of a master key, duplicate key or device made or obtained in an unauthorized manner, stethoscope or other listening device, electronic device used for unauthorized entry in a safe or vault, or other surreptitious means; or\n(4)\tBy the use of any other safecracking implement or means.\n(b)\tA person is also guilty of safecracking if he unlawfully removes from its premises a safe or vault for the purpose of stealing, tampering with, or ascertaining its contents.\n(c)\tSafecracking shall be punishable as a Class I felony. (1961, c. 653; 1973, c. 235, s. 1; 1977, c. 1106; 1979, c. 760, s. 5; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1316, s. 47; 1981, c. 63, s. 1, c. 179, s. 14; 1993, c. 539, s. 1176; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)","path":["Chapter 14. Criminal Law.","SUBCHAPTER V. OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY.","Article 17. Robbery."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_14/GS_14-89.1.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:32Z","sha256":"5ff621347d9e1c374b8c1f775db463cf613174e0eb193250ce48ff53d0f1bc59","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-89","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-90"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}