14-372. Unauthorized opening, reading or publishing of sealed letters and telegrams.
If any person shall willfully, and without authority, open or read, or cause to be opened or read, a sealed letter or telegram, or shall publish the whole or any portion of such letter or telegram, knowing it to have been opened or read without authority, he shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1889, c. 41, s. 2; Rev., s. 3728; C.S., s. 4499; 1993, c. 539, s. 250; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Article 50 - Protection of Letters, Telegrams, and Telephone Messages.
§ 14-370 - Wrongfully obtaining or divulging knowledge of telephonic messages.
§ 14-371 - Violating privacy of telegraphic messages; failure to transmit and deliver same promptly.
§ 14-372 - Unauthorized opening, reading or publishing of sealed letters and telegrams.