North Carolina Statutes

§ 14-372 — Unauthorized opening, reading or publishing of sealed letters and telegrams

North Carolina § 14-372
JurisdictionNorth Carolina
Ch. 14Criminal Law
Art. 50Protection of Letters, Telegrams, and Telephone Messages
Subch. XIGENERAL POLICE REGULATIONS

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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-372 (2026).

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If any person shall willfully, and without authority, open or read, or cause to be opened or read, a sealed letter or telegram, or shall publish the whole or any portion of such letter or telegram, knowing it to have been opened or read without authority, he shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.

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Legislative History

(1889, c. 41, s. 2; Rev., s. 3728; C.S., s. 4499; 1993, c. 539, s. 250; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)

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