North Carolina § 14-456 Denial of computer services to an authorized user

North Carolina Statutes

§ 14-456 — Denial of computer services to an authorized user

North Carolina § 14-456

Ch. 14Criminal Law

Art. 60Computer-Related Crime

Subch. XIGENERAL POLICE REGULATIONS

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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-456 (2026).

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(a)Any person who willfully and without authorization denies or causes the denial of computer, computer program, computer system, or computer network services to an authorized user of the computer, computer program, computer system, or computer network services is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

(b)This section also applies to denial of services effectuated by introducing, directly or indirectly, a computer program (including a self-replicating or a self-propagating computer program) into a computer, computer program, computer system, or computer network.

(c)This section shall not apply to denial of pornographic viewing as required by G.S. 143-805. (1979, c. 831, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 295; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 764, s. 1; 2000-125, s. 6; 2024-26

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(a) Any person who willfully and without authorization denies or causes the denial of computer, computer program, computer system, or computer network services to an authorized user of the computer, computer program, computer system, or computer network services is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
(b) This section also applies to denial of services effectuated by introducing, directly or indirectly, a computer program (including a self-replicating or a self-propagating computer program) into a computer, computer program, computer system, or computer network.
(c) This section shall not apply to denial of pornographic viewing as required by G.S. 143-805. (1979, c. 831, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 295; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 764, s. 1; 2000-125, s. 6; 2024-26, s. 7(c).)