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§ 143-318.17 — Disruptions of official meetings

North Carolina § 143-318.17
JurisdictionNorth Carolina
Ch. 143State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions
Art. 33CMeetings of Public Bodies

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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-318.17 (2026).

Text

A person who willfully interrupts, disturbs, or disrupts an official meeting and who, upon being directed to leave the meeting by the presiding officer, willfully refuses to leave the meeting is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.

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Legislative History

(1979, c. 655, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 1028; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)

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