14-69.2. Perpetrating hoax by use of false bomb or other device.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, any person who, with intent to perpetrate a hoax, conceals, places, or displays any device, machine, instrument or artifact, so as to cause any person reasonably to believe the same to be a bomb or other device capable of causing injury to persons or property is guilty of a Class H felony.
(b) Repealed by S.L. 1997-443, s. 19.25(dd).
(c) Any person who, with intent to perpetrate a hoax, conceals, places, or displays in or at a public building any device, machine, instrument, or artifact, so as to cause any person reasonably to believe the same to be a bomb or other device capable of causing injury to persons or property is guilty of a Class H felony. Any person who receives a second conviction for a violation of this subsection within five years of the first conviction for violation of this subsection is guilty of a Class G felony. For purposes of this subsection "public building" means educational property as defined in G.S. 14-269.2(a)(1), a hospital as defined in G.S. 131E-76(3), a building housing only State, federal, or local government offices, or the offices of State, federal, or local government located in a building that is not exclusively occupied by the State, federal, or local government.
(d) The court may order a person convicted under this section to pay restitution, including costs and consequential damages resulting from the disruption of the normal activity that would have otherwise occurred on the premises but for the hoax, pursuant to Article 81C of Chapter 15A of the General Statutes. (1959, c. 555, s. 1; 1991, c. 648, s. 2; 1993, c. 539, s. 33; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 1997-443, s. 19.25(dd); 1999-257, s. 2.)
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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.