NC General Statutes

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-11 (2026)

Activities aimed at overthrow of government; use of public buildings

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It shall be unlawful for any person, by word of mouth or writing, willfully and deliberately to advocate, advise or teach a doctrine that the government of the United States, the State of North Carolina or any political subdivision thereof shall be overthrown or overturned by force or violence or by any other unlawful means. It shall be unlawful for any public building in the State, owned by the State of North Carolina, any political subdivision thereof, or by any department or agency of the State or any institution supported in whole or in part by State funds, to be used by any person for the purpose of advocating, advising or teaching a doctrine that the government of the United States, the State of North Carolina or any political subdivision thereof should be overthrown by force, violence or any other unlawful means. (1941, c. 37, s. 1.)

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1952–2006 · leading case: Woodring v. Swieter, 637 S.E.2d 269 (N.C. Ct. App. 2006).
Woodring v. Swieter, 637 S.E.2d 269 (N.C. Ct. App. 2006). “See also 1 Webster, supra § 14-11, at 659 n.116. Further, “ ‘when an easement is created by express conveyance and the conveyance is “perfectly precise” as to the extent of the easement, the terms of the conveyance control.”
New Covenant Worship Ctr. v. Wright, 601 S.E.2d 245 (N.C. Ct. App. 2004). “2d at 175 ; Webster § 14-11, at 656. Finally, the trial court found that any use of the Rachels Chapel property was permissive and not adverse.”
State v. Simmons, 72 S.E.2d 743 (N.C. 1952). “But the amendment to G.S. 14-11 added an additional permissible verdict in a trial for murder in the first degree not known to the law prior to the adoption of that amendment, that is, “Guilty of murder in the first degree with recommendation of life imprisonment.”
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