North Carolina Criminal Law 

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§ 14-147.  Removing, altering or defacing landmarks.

  If any person, firm or corporation shall knowingly

remove, alter or deface any landmark in anywise whatsoever, or

shall knowingly cause such removal, alteration or defacement to

be done, such person, firm or corporation shall be guilty of a

Class 2 misdemeanor.  This section shall not apply to landmarks,

such as creeks and other small streams, which the interest of

agriculture may require to be altered or turned from their

channels, nor to such persons, firms or corporations as own the

fee simple in the lands on both sides of the lines designated by

the landmarks removed, altered or defaced.  Nor shall this

section apply to those adjoining landowners who may by agreement

remove, alter or deface landmarks in which they alone are

interested. (1858-9, c. 17; Code, s. 1063; Rev., s. 3674; 1915,

c. 248; C.S., s. 4319; 1993, c. 539, s. 86; 1994, Ex. Sess., c.

24, s. 14(c).)

§ 14-148.  Defacing or desecrating grave sites.

  (a)It is unlawful to willfully:

       (1)  Throw, place or put any refuse, garbage or trash in

            or on any cemetery;

       (2)  Take away, disturb, vandalize, destroy or change

            the location of any stone, brick, iron or other

            material or fence enclosing a cemetery without

            authorization of law or consent of the surviving

            spouse or next of kin of the deceased thereby

            causing damage of less than one thousand dollars

            ($1,000); or

       (3)  Take away, disturb, vandalize, destroy, tamper with

            or deface any tombstone, headstone, monument, grave

            marker, grave ornamentation, grave artifacts,

            shrubbery, flowers, plants or other articles within

            any cemetery erected or placed to designate where a

            body is interred or to preserve and perpetuate the

            memory and name of any person, without

            authorization of law or the consent of the

            surviving spouse or next of kin, thereby causing

            damage of less than one thousand dollars ($1,000).

  (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to a

professional archaeologist as defined in G.S. 70-28(4) acting

pursuant to the provisions of Article 3 of Chapter 70 of the

General Statutes.

  (c) Violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.  In

passing sentence, the court shall consider the appropriateness

of restitution or reparation as a condition of probation under

G.S. 15A-1343(b)(6) as an alternative to actual imposition of a

fine, jail term, or both. (1840, c. 6; R.C., c. 34, s. 102;

Code, s. 1088; Rev., s. 3680; C.S., s. 4320; 1969, c. 987; 1981,

c. 752, s. 1, c. 853, s. 4; 1993, c. 539, s. 87; 1994, Ex.

Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)