§ 14-156. Injuring fixtures and other property of electric-power companies. - North Carolina Statutes

§14‑156.  Injuring fixtures and other property of electric‑powercompanies.

It shall be unlawful for anyperson willfully and wantonly, and without the consent of the owner, to takedown, remove, injure, obstruct, displace or destroy any line erected or constructedfor the transmission of electrical current, or any poles, towers, wires,conduits, cables, insulators or any support upon which wires or cables may besuspended, or any part of any such line or appurtenances or apparatus connectedtherewith, or to sever any wire or cable thereof, or in any manner to interruptthe transmission of electrical current over and along any such line, or to takedown, remove, injure or destroy any house, shop, building or other structure ormachinery connected with or necessary to the use of any line erected orconstructed for the transmission of electrical current, or to wantonly orwillfully cause injury to any of the property mentioned in this section bymeans of fire.  Any person violating any of the provisions of this sectionshall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1907, c. 919; C.S., s. 4328;1993, c. 539, s. 94; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)