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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-127 (2026)

Willful and wanton injury to real property

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If any person shall willfully and wantonly damage, injure or destroy any real property whatsoever, either of a public or private nature, the person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Unless the conduct is covered under some other provision of law providing greater punishment, if any person shall willfully and wantonly damage, injure, or destroy the residential real property of another, and that damage, injury, or destruction results in damages valued at one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more, the person is guilty of a Class I felony.  (R.C., c. 34, s. 111; 1873-4, c. 176, s. 5; Code, s. 1081; Rev., s. 3677; C.S., s. 4301; 1967, c. 1083; 1993, c. 539, s. 67; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2024-54, s. 4.)

 

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Cited in 22 cases, 1965–2018 · leading case: State v. Spivey, 782 S.E.2d 872 (N.C. 2016).
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State v. Spivey, 782 S.E.2d 872 (N.C. 2016). · cites it 76× “” N.C.G.S. § 14-127 (2015). Count II of defendant’s indictment specifically alleges that he “unlawfully and willfully did wantonly damage, injure and destroy real property, front patio, façade, and porch of the restaurant, the property of Katy’s Great Eats.”
State v. Bindyke, 220 S.E.2d 521 (N.C. 1975). · cites it 10× “We find no merit in this contention for the following reason: Although the third count charges that defendant feloniously aided and abetted others in maliciously damaging real property by the use of incendiary material — a felony under G.S. 14-49(b) — the trial judge submitted…”
State v. Davis, 356 S.E.2d 607 (N.C. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 9× “Defendant was charged with violations of G.S. 14-127 and G.S. 14-398. These statutes read: § 14-127.”
State v. Hardy, 774 S.E.2d 410 (N.C. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 4× “Defendant was charged with violating N.C. Gen.Stat. § 14-127, which makes it a crime to willfully and wantonly damage, injure, or destroy real property.”
State v. Whittle, 454 S.E.2d 688 (N.C. Ct. App. 1995). · cites it 6× “1 (1994) (concealment of merchandise in mercantile establishments); N.C.G.S. § 14-127 (1993) (willful and wanton injury to personal property); N.”
State v. Chamberlain, 753 S.E.2d 725 (N.C. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 6× “N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-127 (2013). Defendant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to prove that she was the perpetrator of the crimes.”
In Re Pineault, 566 S.E.2d 854 (N.C. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 4× “Brandon Pineault (“respondent”) was adjudicated delinquent in the district court of Stokes County based upon violations of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-127 (2001), prohibiting injury to real property, and two counts of disorderly conduct in school pursuant to N.”
In Re J.L.B.M., 627 S.E.2d 239 (N.C. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 2× “§ 14-59; (2) damaged real property in violation of N.C. Gen.Stat. § 14-127; (3) resisted, delayed, and obstructed an officer in violation of N.”
In Re Allison, 547 S.E.2d 169 (N.C. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 2× “12 (1993), and (2) damage to real property in violation of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-127 (1993). *588 The district court conducted a dispositional hearing on 2 February 1999, at which L.”
In re D.A.C., 741 S.E.2d 378 (N.C. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 2× “Procedural History On 18 November 2011, juvenile petitions were filed, alleging that Juvenile should be adjudicated a delinquent juvenile for committing the offenses of injury to real property in violation of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-127 and injury to personal property worth more…”
State v. Lilly, 673 S.E.2d 718 (N.C. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 2× “In this case, defendant was indicted for injury to real property under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-127 (2007), which provides that “[i]f any person shall willfully and wantonly damage, injure or destroy any real property whatsoever, either of a public or private nature, he shall be…”
United States v. Robert Earl Ward, Jr. A/K/A \Buck\" Ward", 676 F.2d 94 (4th Cir. 1982). · cites it 2× “During the months immediately after discovery of the dump sites in North Carolina, authorities indicted Ward for malicious damage to real property under N.C.G.S. §§ 14-127, 14-3 and 14-5. Ward was acquitted by a state court jury.”
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