§ 14-395.1. Sexual harassment. - North Carolina Statutes

§14‑395.1.  Sexual harassment.

(a)        Offense. – Anylessor of residential real property or the agent of any lessor of residentialreal property who shall harass on the basis of sex any lessee or prospectivelessee of the property shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.

(b)        Definitions. – Forpurposes of this section:

(1)        "Harass on thebasis of sex" means unsolicited overt requests or demands for sexual actswhen (i) submission to such conduct is made a term of the execution orcontinuation of the lease agreement, or (ii) submission to or rejection of suchconduct by an individual is used to determine whether rights under the leaseare accorded;

(2)        "Lessee"means a person who enters into a residential rental agreement with the lessorand all other persons residing in the lessee's rental unit; and

(3)        "Prospectivelessee" means a person seeking to enter into a residential rentalagreement with a lessor. (1989, c. 712; 1993, c. 539, s. 262; 1994, Ex. Sess.,c. 24, s. 14(c).)