North Carolina § 14-202 - 1. Taking indecent liberties with children.

§ 14-202. 1. Taking indecent liberties with children.

A person is guilty of taking indecent liberties with children if, being 16 years of age or more and at least five years older than the child in question, he either: Willfully takes or attempts to take any immoral, improper, or indecent liberties with any child of either sex under the age of 16 years for the purpose of arousing or gratifying sexual desire; or Willfully commits or attempts to commit any lewd or lascivious act upon or with the body or any part or member of the body of any child of either sex under the age of 16 years. Taking indecent liberties with children is punishable as a Class F felony. History (1955, c. 764; 1975, c. 779; 1979, c. 760, s. 5; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1316, s. 47; 1981, c. 63, s. 1; 179, s. 14; 1993, c. 539, s. 1201; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).) Cross References. - As to privileged nature of communications with agents of rape crisis centers and domestic violence programs, see G.S. 8-53.12 . For structured sentencing provisions, see G.S. 15A-1340.10 et seq. Legal Periodicals. - For article on a model act to prevent the sexual exploitation of children, see 17 Wake Forest L. Rev. 535 (1981). For survey of 1982 law relating to criminal law, see 61 N.C.L. Rev. 1060 (1983). For article, "Regulation of Pornography - The North Carolina Approach," see 21 Wake Forest L. Rev. 263 (1986). For note, "Right, But for the Wrong Reasons: How a Certified Question to the Supreme Court of North Carolina Could have Alleviated Conflicting Views and Brought Clarity to North Carolina State Law," see 34 N.C. Cent. L. Rev. 230 (2012).