42-11. Willful destruction by tenant misdemeanor.
If any tenant shall, during his term or after its expiration, willfully and unlawfully demolish, destroy, deface, injure or damage any tenement house, uninhabited house or other outhouse, belonging to his landlord or upon his premises by removing parts thereof or by burning, or in any other manner, or shall unlawfully and willfully burn, destroy, pull down, injure or remove any fence, wall or other inclosure or any part thereof, built or standing upon the premises of such landlord, or shall willfully and unlawfully cut down or destroy any timber, fruit, shade or ornamental tree belonging to said landlord, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1883, c. 224; Code, s. 1761; Rev., s. 3686; C.S., s. 2351; 1993, c. 539, s. 402; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 42 - Landlord and Tenant
Article 1 - General Provisions.
§ 42-1 - Lessor and lessee not partners.
§ 42-2 - Attornment unnecessary on conveyance of reversions, etc.
§ 42-3 - Term forfeited for nonpayment of rent.
§ 42-4 - Recovery for use and occupation.
§ 42-5 - Rent apportioned, where lease terminated by death.
§ 42-6 - Rents, annuities, etc., apportioned, where right to payment terminated by death.
§ 42-7 - In lieu of emblements, farm lessee holds out year, with rents apportioned.
§ 42-8 - Grantees of reversion and assigns of lease have reciprocal rights under covenants.
§ 42-9 - Agreement to rebuild, how construed in case of fire.
§ 42-10 - Tenant not liable for accidental damage.
§ 42-11 - Willful destruction by tenant misdemeanor.
§ 42-12 - Lessee may surrender, where building destroyed or damaged.
§ 42-13 - Wrongful surrender to other than landlord misdemeanor.
§ 42-14 - Notice to quit in certain tenancies.
§ 42-14.2 - Death, illness, or conviction of certain crimes not a material fact.
§ 42-14.3 - Notice of conversion of manufactured home communities.
§ 42-14.4 - Notice to State Bar of attorney default on lease.
§ 42-14.5 - Foreseeability not created by criminal record; no duty to screen.