§ 106-549.34. Interference with inspector. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 106‑549.34. Interference with inspector.

Any person who willfully assaults, resists, opposes, impedes,intimidates, or interferes with any person while engaged in or on account ofthe performance of his official duties under this or the previous Article shallbe guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.  For the purposes of this section,"impede," "oppose," and "intimidate," or"interfere" shall include, but not be limited to, the use of profaneand indecent language, or any act or gesture, verbal or nonverbal, which tendsto cast disrespect on an inspector or the Meat and Poultry Inspection Service. Whoever, in the commission of any such acts, uses a deadly weapon, shall beguilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1969, c. 893, s. 20; 1993, c. 539, s. 801; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s.14(c).)