North Carolina § 14-211 Perjury before legislative committees

North Carolina Statutes

§ 14-211 — Perjury before legislative committees

North Carolina § 14-211

Ch. 14Criminal Law

Art. 28Perjury

Subch. VIIIoffenses against public justice

This text of North Carolina § 14-211 (Perjury before legislative committees) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering North Carolina primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-211 (2026).

Text

If any person shall willfully and corruptly swear falsely to any fact material to the investigation of any matter before any committee or commission of either house of the General Assembly, he shall be subject to all the pains and penalties of willful and corrupt perjury, and, on conviction in the Superior Court of Wake County, shall be punished as a Class I felon. (1869-70, c. 5, s. 4; Code, s. 2857; Rev., s. 3611; C.S., s. 4366; 1977, c. 344, s. 4; 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. 1204; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
§ 14-212: Repealed by Session Laws 1994, Extra Session, c. 14, s. 71(7).
§§ 14-213 through 14-216: Repealed by Session Laws 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1054, s. 6.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

If any person shall willfully and corruptly swear falsely to any fact material to the investigation of any matter before any committee or commission of either house of the General Assembly, he shall be subject to all the pains and penalties of willful and corrupt perjury, and, on conviction in the Superior Court of Wake County, shall be punished as a Class I felon. (1869-70, c. 5, s. 4; Code, s. 2857; Rev., s. 3611; C.S., s. 4366; 1977, c. 344, s. 4; 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. 1204; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
§ 14-212: Repealed by Session Laws 1994, Extra Session, c. 14, s. 71(7).
§§ 14-213 through 14-216: Repealed by Session Laws 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1054, s. 6.

Legislative History

(1869-70, c. 5, s. 4; Code, s. 2857; Rev., s. 3611; C.S., s. 4366; 1977, c. 344, s. 4; 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. 1204; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)