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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-114 (2026)

Fraudulent disposal of personal property on which there is a security interest

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(a) If any person, after executing a security agreement on personal property for a lawful purpose, shall make any disposition of any property embraced in such security agreement, with intent to defeat the rights of the secured party, every person so offending and every person with a knowledge of the security interest buying any property embraced in which security agreement, and every person assisting, aiding or abetting the unlawful disposition of such property, with intent to defeat the rights of any secured party in such security agreement, shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.

A person's refusal to turn over secured property to a secured party who is attempting to repossess the property without a judgment or order for possession shall not, by itself, be a violation of this section.

(b) Intent to commit the crime as set forth in subsection (a) may be presumed from proof of possession of the property embraced in such security agreement by the grantor thereof after execution of the security agreement, and while it is in force, the further proof of the fact that the sheriff or other officer charged with the execution of process cannot after due diligence find such property under process directed to him for its seizure, for the satisfaction of such security agreement.  However, this presumption may be rebutted by evidence that the property has, through no fault of the defendant, been stolen, lost, damaged beyond repair, or otherwise disposed of by the defendant without intent to defeat the rights of the secured party. (1873-4, c. 31; 1874-5, c. 215; 1883, c. 61; Code, s. 1089; 1887, c. 14; Rev., s. 3435; C.S., s. 4287; 1969, c. 984, s. 2; c. 1224, s. 4; 1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 1065, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 56; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)

 

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Cited in 2 cases, 1958–2016 · leading case: State v. Peele, 783 S.E.2d 28 (N.C. Ct. App. 2016).
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State v. Peele, 783 S.E.2d 28 (N.C. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “In 2009, defendant was also charged with a Class 2 misdemeanor, fraudulent disposal of personal property on which there was a security interest, in violation of N.C. Gen.Stat. § 14-114. The charges of obtaining property by false pretenses arose from separate incidents occurring…”
State v. Helms, 102 S.E.2d 241 (N.C. 1958). “(Our italics) In a prosecution under the statute now codified as G.S. 14-114, bearing the caption “Fraudulent disposal of mortgaged personal property,” the bill of indictment must alleg-e the facts and circumstances so as to identify the transaction and point with reasonable…”
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