14-57. Burglary with explosives.
Any person who, with intent to commit any felony or larceny therein, breaks and enters, either by day or by night, any building, whether inhabited or not, and opens or attempts to open any vault, safe, or other secure place by use of nitroglycerine, dynamite, gunpowder, or any other explosive, or acetylene torch, shall be deemed guilty of burglary with explosives. Any person convicted under this section shall be punished as a Class D felon. (1921, c. 5; C.S., s. 4237(a); 1969, c. 543, s. 6; 1979, c. 760, s. 5; 1993, c. 539, s. 1155; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Article 14 - Burglary and Other Housebreakings.
§ 14-51 - First and second degree burglary.
§ 14-51.3 - Use of force in defense of person; relief from criminal or civil liability.
§ 14-51.4 - Justification for defensive force not available.
§ 14-52 - Punishment for burglary.
§ 14-53 - Breaking out of dwelling house burglary.
§ 14-54 - Breaking or entering buildings generally.
§ 14-54.1 - Breaking or entering a building that is a place of religious worship.
§ 14-54.2 - Breaking or entering a pharmacy.
§ 14-55 - Preparation to commit burglary or other housebreakings.
§ 14-56.1 - Breaking into or forcibly opening coin- or currency-operated machines.
§ 14-56.2 - Damaging or destroying coin- or currency-operated machines.
§ 14-56.3 - Breaking into paper currency machines.
§ 14-56.4 - Preparation to commit breaking or entering into motor vehicles.