2009 North Carolina Code
Chapter 20 - Motor Vehicles.
§ 20-397. Furnishing false information to the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety; withholding information from the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety.

§ 20‑397.  Furnishing false information to the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety; withholding information from the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety.

(a)        Every person, firm or corporation operating under the jurisdiction of the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety or who is required by law to file reports with the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety who shall knowingly or willfully file or give false information to the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety in any report, reply, response, or other statement or document furnished to the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

(b)        Every person, firm, or corporation operating under the jurisdiction of the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety or who is required by law to file reports with the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety who shall willfully withhold clearly specified and reasonably obtainable information from the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety in any report, response, reply or statement filed with the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety in the performance of the duties of the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety or who shall fail or refuse to file any report, response, reply or statement required by the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety in the performance of the duties of the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1985, c. 454, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 396; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2002‑159, s. 31.5(b); 2002‑190, s. 2.)