North Carolina General Statutes
Article 27 - Oil and Gas Conservation.
§ 113-409 - Punishment for making false entries, etc.

113-409. Punishment for making false entries, etc.
Any person who, for the purpose of evading this law, or of evading any rule or order made thereunder, shall intentionally make or cause to be made any false entry or statement of fact in any report required to be made by this law or by any rule or order made hereunder; or who, for such purpose, shall make or cause to be made any false entry in any account, record, or memorandum kept by any person in connection with the provisions of this law or of any rule or order made thereunder; or who, for such purpose, shall omit to make, or cause to be omitted, full, true and correct entries in such accounts, records, or memoranda, of all facts and transactions pertaining to the interest or activities in the petroleum industry of such person as may be required by the Department under authority given in this law or by any rule or order made hereunder; or who, for such purpose shall remove out of the jurisdiction of the State, or who shall mutilate, alter, or by any other means falsify, any book, record, or other paper, pertaining to the transactions regulated by this law, or by any rule or order made hereunder, shall be deemed guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1945, c. 702, s. 29; 1973, c. 1262, s. 86; 1987, c. 827, s. 122; 1993, c. 539, s. 871; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)

Structure North Carolina General Statutes

North Carolina General Statutes

Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development

Article 27 - Oil and Gas Conservation.

§ 113-378 - Persons drilling for oil or gas to register and furnish bond.

§ 113-379 - Filing log of drilling and development of each well.

§ 113-380 - Violation a misdemeanor.

§ 113-381 - Title.

§ 113-382 - Declaration of policy.

§ 113-389 - Definitions.

§ 113-390 - Waste prohibited.

§ 113-391 - Jurisdiction and authority; rules and orders.

§ 113-391.1 - Trade secret and confidential information determination; protection; retention; disclosure to emergency personnel.

§ 113-392 - Protecting pool owners; drilling units in pools; location of wells; shares in pools.

§ 113-393 - Development of lands as drilling unit by agreement or order of Commission.

§ 113-394 - Limitations on production; allocating and prorating "allowables."

§ 113-395 - Permits, fees, and notice required for oil and gas activities.

§ 113-395.1 - Miscellaneous permit requirements.

§ 113-395.2 - Subsurface injection of waste prohibited.

§ 113-395.3 - Environmental compliance review requirements for applicants and permit holders.

§ 113-395.4 - Seismic or geophysical data collection.

§ 113-396 - Wells to be kept under control.

§ 113-397 - Hearing in emergency.

§ 113-398 - Procedure and powers in hearings by Department.

§ 113-399 - Suits by Department.

§ 113-400 - Assessing costs of hearings.

§ 113-401 - Party to hearings; review.

§ 113-402 - Administrative review.

§ 113-403 - Judicial review.

§ 113-406 - Effect of pendency of judicial review; stay of proceedings.

§ 113-407 - Stay bond.

§ 113-408 - Enjoining violation of laws and rules; service of process; application for drilling well to include residence address of applicant.

§ 113-409 - Punishment for making false entries, etc.

§ 113-410 - Penalties for other violations.

§ 113-411 - Dealing in or handling of illegal oil, gas or product prohibited.

§ 113-412 - Seizure and sale of contraband oil, gas and product.

§ 113-414 - Filing list of renewed leases in office of register of deeds.

§ 113-415 - Conflicting laws.

§ 113-415.1 - Local ordinances regulating oil and gas exploration, development, and production activities invalid; petition to preempt local ordinance.

§ 113-420 - Notice and entry to property.

§ 113-421 - Presumptive liability for water contamination; compensation for other damages; responsibility for reclamation.

§ 113-422 - Indemnification.

§ 113-423 - Required lease terms.

§ 113-423.1 - Surface activities.

§ 113-425 - Registry of landmen required.

§ 113-426 - Publication of information for landowners.

§ 113-427 - Additional remedies.