North Carolina § 14-85 Pursuing or injuring livestock with intent to steal

North Carolina Statutes

§ 14-85 — Pursuing or injuring livestock with intent to steal

North Carolina § 14-85

Ch. 14Criminal Law

Art. 16Larceny

Subch. VOFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY

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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-85 (2026).

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If any person shall pursue, kill or wound any horse, mule, ass, jennet, cattle, hog, sheep or goat, the property of another, with the intent unlawfully and feloniously to convert the same to his own use, he shall be guilty of a Class H felony, and shall be punishable, in all respects, as if convicted of larceny, though such animal may not have come into the actual possession of the person so offending. (1866, c. 57; Code, s. 1068; Rev., s. 3504; C.S., s. 4264; 1993, c. 539, s. 1172; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
§ 14-86: Repealed by Session Laws 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 14, s. 72(3).

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If any person shall pursue, kill or wound any horse, mule, ass, jennet, cattle, hog, sheep or goat, the property of another, with the intent unlawfully and feloniously to convert the same to his own use, he shall be guilty of a Class H felony, and shall be punishable, in all respects, as if convicted of larceny, though such animal may not have come into the actual possession of the person so offending. (1866, c. 57; Code, s. 1068; Rev., s. 3504; C.S., s. 4264; 1993, c. 539, s. 1172; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
§ 14-86: Repealed by Session Laws 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 14, s. 72(3).