North Carolina § 1-531 Refusal to surrender official papers misdemeanor

North Carolina Statutes

§ 1-531 — Refusal to surrender official papers misdemeanor

North Carolina § 1-531

Ch. 1Civil Procedure

Art. 41Quo Warranto

Subch. XIVACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES

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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-531 (2026).

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If a person against whom a judgment has been rendered in an action brought to recover a public office shall fail or refuse to turn over, on demand, to the person adjudged to be entitled to such office, all papers, documents and books belonging to such office, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (C.C.P., s. 372; Code, s. 612; Rev., s. 3601; C.S., s. 886; 1993, c. 539, s. 2; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)

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If a person against whom a judgment has been rendered in an action brought to recover a public office shall fail or refuse to turn over, on demand, to the person adjudged to be entitled to such office, all papers, documents and books belonging to such office, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (C.C.P., s. 372; Code, s. 612; Rev., s. 3601; C.S., s. 886; 1993, c. 539, s. 2; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)