14-76. Larceny, mutilation, or destruction of public records and papers.
If any person shall steal, or for any fraudulent purpose shall take from its place of deposit for the time being, or from any person having the lawful custody thereof, or shall unlawfully and maliciously obliterate, injure or destroy any record, writ, return, panel, process, interrogatory, deposition, affidavit, rule, order or warrant of attorney or any original document whatsoever, of or belonging to any court of record, or relating to any matter, civil or criminal, begun, pending or terminated in any such court, or any bill, answer, interrogatory, deposition, affidavit, order or decree or any original document whatsoever, of or belonging to any court or relating to any cause or matter begun, pending or terminated in any such court, every such offender shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor; and in any indictment for such offense it shall not be necessary to allege that the article, in respect to which the offense is committed, is the property of any person or that the same is of any value. If any person shall steal or for any fraudulent purpose shall take from the register's office, or from any person having the lawful custody thereof, or shall unlawfully and willfully obliterate, injure or destroy any book wherein deeds or other instruments of writing are registered, or any other book of registration or record required to be kept by the register of deeds or shall unlawfully destroy, obliterate, deface or remove any records of proceedings of the board of county commissioners, or unlawfully and fraudulently abstract any record, receipt, order or voucher or other paper writing required to be kept by the clerk of the board of commissioners of any county, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (8 Hen. VI, c. 12, s. 3; R.C., c. 34, s. 31; 1881, c. 17; Code, s. 1071; Rev., s. 3508; C.S., s. 4255; 1993, c. 539, s. 37; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
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§ 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.
§ 14-72.5 - Larceny of motor fuel.
§ 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.
§ 14-79.1 - 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.