North Carolina § 14-54 - Breaking or entering buildings generally.

§ 14-54. Breaking or entering buildings generally.

Any person who breaks or enters any building with intent to commit any felony or larceny therein shall be punished as a Class H felon. Any person who breaks or enters any building with intent to terrorize or injure an occupant of the building is guilty of a Class H felony. Any person who wrongfully breaks or enters any building is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. As used in this section, "building" shall be construed to include any dwelling, dwelling house, uninhabited house, building under construction, building within the curtilage of a dwelling house, and any other structure designed to house or secure within it any activity or property. History (1874-5, c. 166; 1879, c. 323; Code, s. 996; Rev., s. 3333; C.S., s. 4235; 1955, c. 1015; 1969, c. 543, s. 3; 1979, c. 760, s. 5; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1316, s. 47; 1981, c. 63, s. 1; c. 179, s. 14; 1993, c. 539, s. 26; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2013-95, s. 1.) Cross References. - For structured sentencing provisions, see G.S. 15A-1340.10 et seq. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2013-95, s. 1, effective December 1, 2013, added subsection (a1). For applicability, see Editor's note. Legal Periodicals. - For brief comment on the 1955 amendment, see 33 N.C.L. Rev. 538 (1955). For note on burglary in North Carolina, see 35 N.C.L. Rev. 98 (1956). For comment on alleging and proving elements of offense under this section and G.S. 14-72 , see 3 Wake Forest Intra. L. Rev. 1 (1967). For survey of 1979 criminal law, see 58 N.C.L. Rev. 1350 (1980). For survey of 1980 criminal law, see 59 N.C.L. Rev. 1123 (1981). For note discussing the evolution of the law governing double jeopardy and multiple punishments in a single prosecution context, particularly with regard to larceny and breaking and entering, in light of State v. Gardner, 315 N.C. 444 , 340 S.E.2d 701 (1986), see 65 N.C.L. Rev. 1267 (1987).