§ 14-401.3. Inscription on gravestone or monument charging commission of crime. - North Carolina Statutes

§14‑401.3.  Inscription on gravestone or monument charging commission ofcrime.

It shall be illegal for anyperson to erect or cause to be erected any gravestone or monument bearing anyinscription charging any person with the commission of a crime, and it shall beillegal for any person owning, controlling or operating any cemetery to permitsuch gravestone to be erected and maintained therein.  If such gravestone hasbeen erected in any graveyard, cemetery or burial plot, it shall be the duty ofthe person having charge thereof to remove and obliterate such inscription. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class2 misdemeanor. (1949, c. 1075; 1969, c. 1224, s. 8; 1993, c. 539, s.273; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)