North Carolina General Statutes
Article 16 - Larceny.
§ 14-71 - Receiving stolen goods; receiving or possessing goods represented as stolen.

14-71. Receiving stolen goods; receiving or possessing goods represented as stolen.
(a) If any person shall receive any chattel, property, money, valuable security or other thing whatsoever, the stealing or taking whereof amounts to larceny or a felony, either at common law or by virtue of any statute made or hereafter to be made, such person knowing or having reasonable grounds to believe the same to have been feloniously stolen or taken, he shall be guilty of a Class H felony, and may be indicted and convicted, whether the felon stealing and taking such chattels, property, money, valuable security or other thing, shall or shall not have been previously convicted, or shall or shall not be amenable to justice; and any such receiver may be dealt with, indicted, tried and punished in any county in which he shall have, or shall have had, any such property in his possession or in any county in which the thief may be tried, in the same manner as such receiver may be dealt with, indicted, tried and punished in the county where he actually received such chattel, money, security, or other thing; and such receiver shall be punished as one convicted of larceny.
(b) If a person knowingly receives or possesses property in the custody of a law enforcement agency that was explicitly represented to the person by an agent of the law enforcement agency or a person authorized to act on behalf of a law enforcement agency as stolen, the person is guilty of a Class H felony and may be indicted, tried, and punished in any county in which the person received or possessed the property. (1797, c. 485, s. 2; R.C., c. 34, s. 56; Code, s. 1074; Rev., s. 3507; C.S., s. 4250; 1949, c. 145, s. 1; 1975, c. 163, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 1164; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2007-373, s. 1; 2008-187, s. 34(a).)

Structure North Carolina General Statutes

North Carolina General Statutes

Chapter 14 - Criminal Law

Article 16 - Larceny.

§ 14-70 - Distinctions between grand and petit larceny abolished; punishment; accessories to larceny.

§ 14-71 - Receiving stolen goods; receiving or possessing goods represented as stolen.

§ 14-71.1 - Possessing stolen goods.

§ 14-71.2 - Receiving or transferring stolen vehicles.

§ 14-72 - Larceny of property; receiving stolen goods or possessing stolen goods.

§ 14-72.1 - Concealment of merchandise in mercantile establishments.

§ 14-72.2 - Unauthorized use of a motor-propelled conveyance.

§ 14-72.3 - Removal of shopping cart from shopping premises.

§ 14-72.4 - Unauthorized taking or sale of labeled dairy milk cases or milk crates bearing the name or label of owner.

§ 14-72.5 - Larceny of motor fuel.

§ 14-72.6 - Felonious larceny, possession, or receiving of stolen goods from a permitted construction site.

§ 14-72.7 - Chop shop activity.

§ 14-72.8 - Felony larceny of motor vehicle parts.

§ 14-72.9 - Larceny of law enforcement equipment.

§ 14-72.11 - Larceny from a merchant.

§ 14-73 - Jurisdiction of the superior courts in cases of larceny and receiving stolen goods.

§ 14-73.1 - Petty misdemeanors.

§ 14-74 - Larceny by servants and other employees.

§ 14-75 - Larceny of chose in action.

§ 14-75.1 - Larceny of secret technical processes.

§ 14-76 - Larceny, mutilation, or destruction of public records and papers.

§ 14-76.1 - Mutilation or defacement of records and papers in the North Carolina State Archives.

§ 14-77 - Larceny, concealment or destruction of wills.

§ 14-78 - Larceny of ungathered crops.

§ 14-79 - Larceny of ginseng.

§ 14-79.1 - Larceny of pine needles or pine straw.

§ 14-79.2 - Waste kitchen grease; unlawful acts and penalties.

§ 14-81 - Larceny of horses, mules, swine, cattle, or dogs.

§ 14-82 - Taking horses, mules, or dogs for temporary purposes.

§ 14-83.1 - Fixtures subject to larceny.

§ 14-84 - Animals subject to larceny.

§ 14-85 - Pursuing or injuring livestock with intent to steal.

§ 14-86.1 - Seizure and forfeiture of conveyances used in committing larceny and similar crimes.

§ 14-86.2 - Larceny, destruction, defacement, or vandalism of portable toilets or pumper trucks.