North Carolina § 14-225 - False reports to law enforcement agencies or officers.
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§ 14-225. False reports to law enforcement agencies or officers.
Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, any person who shall willfully make or cause to be made to a law enforcement agency or officer any false, deliberately misleading or unfounded report, for the purpose of interfering with the operation of a law enforcement agency, or to hinder or obstruct any law enforcement officer in the performance of his duty, shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. A violation of subsection (a) of this section is punishable as a Class H felony if the false, deliberately misleading, or unfounded report relates to a law enforcement investigation involving the disappearance of a child as that term is defined in G.S. 14-318.5 or child victim of a Class A, B1, B2, or C felony offense. For purposes of this subsection, a child is any person who is less than 16 years of age. History (1941, c. 363; 1969, c. 1224, s. 3; 1993, c. 539, s. 137; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 23, ss. 1-3; c. 24, s. 14(c); 2013-52, s. 6.) Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2013-52, s. 6, effective December 1, 2013, redesignated the former provisions as present subsection (a) and added "Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section" and "deliberately" preceding "misleading or unfounded report" in subsection (a); and added subsection (b). For applicability, see Editor's note. Legal Periodicals. - For comment on this enactment, see 19 N.C.L. Rev. 477 (1941).
Source: official North Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 14-225 ("False reports to law enforcement agencies or officers.") 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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