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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-186 (2026)

Opposite sexes occupying same bedroom at hotel for immoral purposes; falsely registering as husband and wife

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Any man and woman found occupying the same bedroom in any hotel, public inn or boardinghouse for any immoral purpose, or any man and woman falsely registering as, or otherwise representing themselves to be, husband and wife in any hotel, public inn or boardinghouse, shall be deemed guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1917, c. 158, s. 2; C.S., s. 4345; 1969, c. 1224, s. 3; 1993, c. 539, s. 120; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)

 

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Cited in 3 cases, 1978–2010 · leading case: State v. Sanders, 245 S.E.2d 397 (N.C. Ct. App. 1978).
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State v. Sanders, 245 S.E.2d 397 (N.C. Ct. App. 1978). · cites it 10× “This case presents the sole question of whether a portion of G.S. 14-186 is, as the Superior Court judge found, too vague and indefinite to comport with the due process requirements of Article I, Section 19 of the North Carolina Constitution and of the Fourteenth Amendment to…”
State v. Jean, 311 S.E.2d 266 (N.C. 1984). · cites it 4× “" G.S. 14-186 fails to define with sufficient precision exactly what the term `any immoral purpose' may encompass.”
United States v. Vann, 620 F.3d 431 (4th Cir. 2010). · cites it 2× “As with such North Carolina statutes as "Opposite sexes occupying same bedroom at hotel for immoral purposes; falsely registering as husband and wife," N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-186 , the Indecent Liberties Statute is classified as an offense against public morality and decency.”
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