14-68. Failure of owner of property to comply with orders of public authorities.
If the owner or occupant of any building or premises shall fail to comply with the duly authorized orders of the chief of the fire department, or of the Commissioner of Insurance, or of any municipal or county inspector of buildings or of particular features, facilities, or installations of buildings, he shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor, and punished only by a fine of not less than ten ($10.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00) for each day's neglect, failure, or refusal to obey such orders. (1899, c. 58, s. 4; Rev., s. 3343; C.S., s. 4247; 1969, c. 1063, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 30; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
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North Carolina General Statutes
Article 15 - Arson and Other Burnings.
§ 14-58 - Punishment for arson.
§ 14-58.1 - Definition of "house" and "building."
§ 14-58.2 - Burning of mobile home, manufactured-type house or recreational trailer home.
§ 14-59 - Burning of certain public buildings.
§ 14-59.1 - Burning of jails or prisons.
§ 14-60 - Burning of schoolhouses or buildings of educational institutions.
§ 14-61 - Burning of certain bridges and buildings.
§ 14-62 - Burning of certain buildings.
§ 14-62.1 - Burning of building or structure in process of construction.
§ 14-62.2 - Burning of churches and certain other religious buildings.
§ 14-62.3 - Burning of commercial structure.
§ 14-63 - Burning of boats and barges.
§ 14-64 - Burning of ginhouses and tobacco houses.
§ 14-65 - Fraudulently setting fire to dwelling houses.
§ 14-66 - Burning of personal property.
§ 14-67.1 - Burning other buildings.
§ 14-67.2 - Burning caused during commission of another felony.
§ 14-68 - Failure of owner of property to comply with orders of public authorities.
§ 14-69 - Failure of officers to investigate incendiary fires.
§ 14-69.1 - Making a false report concerning destructive device.
§ 14-69.2 - Perpetrating hoax by use of false bomb or other device.