GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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HOUSE BILL 1054
Committee Substitute Favorable 5/8/89

Short Title:  Refusal to Deliver Property.	(Public)
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April 6, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CLARIFY THAT REFUSAL TO SURRENDER PROPERTY TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER ACTING 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 refusing to surrender to a law enforcement officer property in his possession, or removing, exchanging or secreting 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.