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2020 North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 14 - Criminal Law
Article 7B - Rape and Other Sex Offenses.
§ 14-27.33 - Sexual battery.
Universal Citation: NC Gen Stat § 14-27.33 (2020)
14-27.33. Sexual battery.
(a) A person is guilty of sexual battery if the person, for the purpose of sexual arousal, sexual gratification, or sexual abuse, engages in sexual contact with another person:
(1) By force and against the will of the other person; or
(2) Who has a mental disability or who is mentally incapacitated or physically helpless, and the person performing the act knows or should reasonably know that the other person has a mental disability or is mentally incapacitated or physically helpless.
(b) Any person who commits the offense defined in this section is guilty of a Class A1 misdemeanor.
(2003-252, s. 2; 2015-181, s. 15; 2018-47, s. 4(d).)
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