North Carolina General Statutes
Article 16 - Larceny.
§ 14-85 - Pursuing or injuring livestock with intent to steal.

14-85. Pursuing or injuring livestock with intent to steal.
If any person shall pursue, kill or wound any horse, mule, ass, jennet, cattle, hog, sheep or goat, the property of another, with the intent unlawfully and feloniously to convert the same to his own use, he shall be guilty of a Class H felony, and shall be punishable, in all respects, as if convicted of larceny, though such animal may not have come into the actual possession of the person so offending. (1866, c. 57; Code, s. 1068; Rev., s. 3504; C.S., s. 4264; 1993, c. 539, s. 1172; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)

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.