§ 14-160. Willful and wanton injury to personal property; punishments. - North Carolina Statutes

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Trespasses to PersonalProperty.

§ 14‑160.  Willful andwanton injury to personal property; punishments.

(a)        If any person shallwantonly and willfully injure the personal property of another he shall beguilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.

(b)        Notwithstanding theprovisions of subsection (a), if any person shall wantonly and willfully injurethe personal property of another, causing damage in an amount in excess of twohundred dollars ($200.00), he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

(c)        This sectionapplies to injuries to personal property without regard to whether the propertyis destroyed or not. (1876‑7, c. 18; Code, s. 1082; 1885, c. 53;Rev., s. 3676; C.S., s. 4331; 1969, c. 1224, s. 14; 1993, c. 539, s. 105; 1994,Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)