GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1054

Short Title:  Refusal to Deliver Property.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representative Kerr.
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Referred to:  Judiciary.
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April 6, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CLARIFY THAT REFUSAL TO DELIVER PROPERTY TO A PERSON HOLDING A LIEN OR SECURITY INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY OR TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER PURSUANT TO A JUDICIAL ORDER IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 14-115 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-115. Secreting property to hinder enforcement of lien or security interest.
Any person removing, exchanging, secreting, or refusing to deliver to the holder of the lien or security interest or to a law enforcement officer any personal property on which a lien or security interest exists, after a judgment or order for possession for that property has been issued, with intent to prevent or hinder the enforcement of the lien or security interest, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00), imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.”
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1989, and shall apply to offenses occurring on or after that date.