§ 14-372. Unauthorized opening, reading or publishing of sealed letters and telegrams. - North Carolina Statutes

§14‑372.  Unauthorized opening, reading or publishing of sealed lettersand telegrams.

If any person shall willfully,and without authority, open or read, or cause to be opened or read, a sealedletter or telegram, or shall publish the whole or any portion of such letter ortelegram, knowing it to have been opened or read without authority, he shall beguilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1889, c. 41, s. 2; Rev., s.3728; C.S., s. 4499; 1993, c. 539, s. 250; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)