§ 14-167. Failure to return hired property. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 14‑167.  Failure toreturn hired property.

Any person who shall rent orhire, any horse, mule or other like animal, or any buggy, wagon, truck,automobile, or other vehicle, aircraft, motor, trailer, appliance, equipment,tool, or other thing of value, and who shall willfully fail to return the sameto the possession of the person, firm or corporation from whom such propertyhas been rented or hired at the expiration of the time for which such propertyhas been rented or hired, shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.

If the value at the time ofthe rental or hiring of the truck, automobile, or other motor vehicle that isnot returned is in excess of four thousand dollars ($4,000), the person whorented or hired it and failed to return it shall be guilty of a Class H felony.(1927, c. 61, s.3; 1965, c. 1073, s. 3; 1969, c. 1224, s. 15; 1993, c. 539, s. 111; 1994, Ex.Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2005‑182, s. 1.)