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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-118 (2026)

Blackmailing

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If any person shall knowingly send or deliver any letter or writing demanding of any other person, with menaces and without any reasonable or probable cause, any chattel, money or valuable security; or if any person shall accuse, or threaten to accuse, or shall knowingly send or deliver any letter or writing accusing or threatening to accuse any other person of any crime punishable by law with death or by imprisonment in the State's prison, with the intent to extort or gain from such person any chattel, money or valuable security, every such offender shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (R.C., c. 34, s. 110; Code, s. 989; Rev., s. 3428; C.S., s. 4291; 1993, c. 539, s. 61; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)

 

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Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1969–2026 · leading case: United States v. Nardello, 393 U.S. 286 (1969).
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United States v. Nardello, 393 U.S. 286 (1969). “*289 §66-7 (1965), while a second covers blackmailing, N. C. Gen. Stat. § 14-118 (1953). Hughes was charged with involvement in a scheme identical to that in which appellees allegedly participated.”
State v. Greenspan, 374 S.E.2d 884 (N.C. Ct. App. 1989). · cites it 3× “2d 266, 268 (1969), we note that defendant’s conduct is also punishable as a misdemeanor under G.S. 14-118, the blackmail statute. This statute specifically proscribes accusing or threatening to accuse a person of a crime punishable by imprisonment with the intent to “extort or…”
Moore v. Brooks, 2026 NCBC 6 (N.C. Bus. Ct. 2026). · cites it 2× “See N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-118 (setting forth elements of blackmail as (i) knowingly sending or delivering a written demand “with menaces and without any reasonable or probable cause” for delivery of chattels, money, or valuable security, or (ii) knowingly sending or delivering a…”
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