North Carolina § 14-167 - Failure to return hired property.

§ 14-167. Failure to return hired property.

Any person who shall rent or hire, any horse, mule or other like animal, or any buggy, wagon, truck, automobile, or other vehicle, aircraft, motor, trailer, appliance, equipment, tool, or other thing of value, and who shall willfully fail to return the same to the possession of the person, firm or corporation from whom such property has been rented or hired at the expiration of the time for which such property has been rented or hired, shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. If the value at the time of the rental or hiring of the truck, automobile, or other motor vehicle that is not returned is in excess of four thousand dollars ($4,000), the person who rented or hired it and failed to return it shall be guilty of a Class H felony. History (1927, c. 61, s. 3; 1965, c. 1073, s. 3; 1969, c. 1224, s. 15; 1993, c. 539, s. 111; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2005-182, s. 1; 2013-360, s. 18B.14(c).) Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2005-182, s. 1, effective December 1, 2005, and applicable to offenses committed on or after that date, added the second paragraph. Session Laws 2013-360, s. 18B.14(c), effective December 1, 2013, substituted "Class 3 misdemeanor" for "Class 2 misdemeanor" in the first paragraph. For effective date and applicability, see Editor's note.