North Carolina § 14-110 - Defrauding innkeeper or campground owner.
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§ 14-110. Defrauding innkeeper or campground owner.
No person shall, with intent to defraud, obtain food, lodging, or other accommodations at a hotel, inn, boardinghouse, eating house, or campground. Whoever violates this section shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. Obtaining such lodging, food, or other accommodation by false pretense, or by false or fictitious show of pretense of baggage or other property, or absconding without paying or offering to pay therefor, or surreptitiously removing or attempting to remove such baggage, shall be prima facie evidence of such fraudulent intent, but this section shall not apply where there has been an agreement in writing for delay in such payment. History (1907, c. 816; C.S., s. 4284; 1969, c. 947; c. 1224, s. 3; 1985, c. 391; 1993, c. 539, s. 48; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).) Local Modification. - Buncombe, Franklin, Jackson: 1933, c. 531; Lee: 1937, c. 168; Martin: 1931, c. 9; Pitt: 1929, c. 103; Rockingham: 1939, c. 53; Wake, Watauga: 1931, c. 9.
Source: official North Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 14-110 ("Defrauding innkeeper or campground owner.") is part of the North Carolina General Statutes, the codified statutory law of North Carolina. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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