§ 14-197. Using profane or indecent language on public highways; counties exempt. - North Carolina Statutes

§14‑197.  Using profane or indecent language on public highways; countiesexempt.

If any person shall, on anypublic road or highway and in the hearing of two or more persons, in a loud andboisterous manner, use indecent or profane language, he shall be guilty of aClass 3 misdemeanor.  The following counties shall be exempt from theprovisions of this section:  Pitt and Swain. (1913, c. 40; C.S., s. 4352;Pub. Loc. Ex. Sess., 1924, c. 65; 1933, c. 309; 1937, c. 9; 1939, c. 73; 1945,c. 398; 1947, cc. 144, 959; 1949, c. 845; 1957, c. 348; 1959, c. 733; 1963, cc.39, 123; 1969, c. 300; 1971, c. 718; 1973, cc. 120, 233; 1993, c. 539, s. 129;1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)