§ 14-144. Injuring houses, churches, fences and walls. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 14‑144.  Injuringhouses, churches, fences and walls.

If any person shall, by anyother means than burning or attempting to burn, unlawfully and willfullydemolish, destroy, deface, injure or damage any of the houses or otherbuildings mentioned in Article 15 (Arson and Other Burnings) of this Chapter;or shall by any other means than burning or attempting to burn unlawfully andwillfully demolish, pull down, destroy, deface, damage or injure any church,uninhabited house, outhouse or other house or building not mentioned in sucharticle; or shall unlawfully and willfully burn, destroy, pull down, injure orremove any fence, wall or other enclosure, or any part thereof, surrounding orabout any yard, garden, cultivated field or pasture, or about any church orgraveyard, or about any factory or other house in which machinery is used,every person so offending shall be punished as follows:

(1)        If the damage isfive thousand dollars ($5,000) or less, the person is guilty of a Class 2misdemeanor.

(2)        If the damage ismore than five thousand dollars ($5,000), the person is guilty of a Class Ifelony.  (R.C.,c. 34, s. 103; Code, s. 1062; Rev., s. 3673; C.S., s. 4317; 1957, c. 250, s. 2;1969, c. 1224, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 83; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2008‑15,s. 1; 2009‑570, s. 3.)