§ 14-27.3. Second-degree rape. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 14‑27.3.  Second‑degreerape.

(a)        A person is guiltyof rape in the second degree if the person engages in vaginal intercourse withanother person:

(1)        By force and againstthe will of the other person; or

(2)        Who is mentallydisabled, mentally incapacitated, or physically helpless, and the personperforming the act knows or should reasonably know the other person is mentallydisabled, mentally incapacitated, or physically helpless.

(b)        Any person whocommits the offense defined in this section is guilty of a Class C felony.

(c)        Upon conviction, aperson convicted under this section has no rights to custody of or rights ofinheritance from any child conceived during the commission of the rape, norshall the person have any rights related to the child under Chapter 48 orSubchapter 1 of Chapter 7B of the General Statutes. (1979, c. 682, s. 1; 1979,2nd Sess., c. 1316, s. 5; 1981, cc. 63, 179; 1993, c. 539, s. 1130; 1994, Ex.Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2002‑159, s. 2(b); 2004‑128, s. 8.)