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2020 North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 14 - Criminal Law
Article 35 - Offenses Against the Public Peace.
§ 14-277.7 - Communicating a threat of mass violence at a place of religious worship.
Universal Citation: NC Gen Stat § 14-277.7 (2020)
14-277.7. Communicating a threat of mass violence at a place of religious worship.
(a) A person who, by any means of communication to any person or groups of persons, threatens to commit an act of mass violence at a place of religious worship is guilty of a Class H felony.
(b) The following definitions apply to this section:
(1) Mass violence. - As defined in G.S. 14-277.5(a)(2).
(2) Place of religious worship. - Any church, chapel, meetinghouse, synagogue, temple, longhouse, or mosque, or other building that is regularly used, and clearly identifiable, as a place for religious worship.
(2018-72, s. 2.)
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