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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-167 (2026)

Failure to return hired property

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Any person who shall rent or hire, any horse, mule or other like animal, or any buggy, wagon, truck, automobile, or other vehicle, aircraft, motor, trailer, appliance, equipment, tool, or other thing of value, and who shall willfully fail to return the same to the possession of the person, firm or corporation from whom such property has been rented or hired at the expiration of the time for which such property has been rented or hired, shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.

If the value at the time of the rental or hiring of the truck, automobile, or other motor vehicle that is not returned is in excess of four thousand dollars ($4,000), the person who rented or hired it and failed to return it shall be guilty of a Class H felony. (1927, c. 61, s. 3; 1965, c. 1073, s. 3; 1969, c. 1224, s. 15; 1993, c. 539, s. 111; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2005-182, s. 1; 2013-360, s. 18B.14(c).)

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1985–2026 · leading case: Nationwide Mut. Ins. v. Land, 337 S.E.2d 180 (N.C. Ct. App. 1985).
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Nationwide Mut. Ins. v. Land, 337 S.E.2d 180 (N.C. Ct. App. 1985). “1, G.S. 14-167 and G.S. 14-168.1. According to the facts found by the trial court, NCNB employed an automobile recovery agency in an attempt to locate the car and contacted various of Talley’s relatives and acquaintances in its attempts to locate him.”
State v. Morris, 929 S.E.2d 680 (N.C. Ct. App. 2026). · cites it 4× “The trial court entered judgment and imposed an active sentence of 9 to 20 months’ imprisonment, suspended for 24 months of supervised probation.”
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