North Carolina § 14-16 - 7. Threats against executive, legislative, or court officers.

§ 14-16. 7. Threats against executive, legislative, or court officers.

Any person who knowingly and willfully makes any threat to inflict serious bodily injury upon or to kill any legislative officer, executive officer, or court officer, or who knowingly and willfully makes any threat to inflict serious bodily injury upon or kill any other person as retaliation against any legislative officer, executive officer, or court officer because of the exercise of that officer's duties, shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished as a Class I felon. Any person who knowingly and willfully deposits for conveyance in the mail any letter, writing, or other document containing a threat to commit an offense described in subsection (a) of this section shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished as a Class I felon. History (1981, c. 822, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 1126; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 1999-398, s. 1; 2014-119, s. 6(b).) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2014-119, s. 6(c), made the amendment to this section by Session Laws 2014-119, s. 6(b), applicable to offenses committed on or after December 1, 2014. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2014-119, s. 6(b), effective December 1, 2014, rewrote subsection (a), and substituted "commit an offense described in subsection (a) of this section" for "inflict serious bodily injury upon or to kill any legislative officer, executive officer, or court officer" in subsection (b). See Editor's note for applicability.