North Carolina Statutes
§ 42-13 — Wrongful surrender to other than landlord misdemeanor
North Carolina § 42-13
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Bluebook
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42-13 (2026).
Text
Any tenant or lessee of lands who shall willfully, wrongfully and with intent to defraud the landlord or lessor, give up the possession of the rented or leased premises to any person other than his landlord or lessor, shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1883, c. 138; Code, s. 1760; Rev., s. 3682; C.S., s. 2353; 1993, c. 539, s. 403; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
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North Carolina § 42-13, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nc/42/42-13.