(a) If a defendant, who is a teacher, school administrator, student teacher, school safety officer, or coach, at any age, or who is other school personnel and is at least four years older than the victim, takes indecent liberties with a victim who is a student, at any time during or after the time the defendant and victim were present together in the same school but before the victim ceases to be a student, the defendant is guilty of a Class G felony, unless the conduct is covered under some other provision of law providing for greater punishment. A person is not guilty of taking indecent liberties with a student if the person is lawfully married to the student.
(b) If a defendant, who is school personnel, other than a teacher, school administrator, student teacher, school safety officer, or coach, and who is less than four years older than the victim, takes indecent liberties with a student as provided in subsection (a) of this section, the defendant is guilty of a Class G felony.
(c) Consent is not a defense to a charge under this section.
(d) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) Indecent liberties. - Means any of the following:
a. Willfully taking or attempting to take any immoral, improper, or indecent liberties with a student for the purpose of arousing or gratifying sexual desire.
b. Willfully committing or attempting to commit any lewd or lascivious act upon or with the body or any part or member of the body of a student.
For purposes of this section, the term indecent liberties does not include vaginal intercourse or a sexual act.
(1a) Same school. - A school at which (i) the student is enrolled or is present for a school-sponsored or school-related activity and (ii) the school personnel is employed, volunteers, or is present for a school-sponsored or school-related activity.
(2) School. - Any public school, charter school, or nonpublic school under Parts 1 and 2 of Article 39 of Chapter 115C of the General Statutes.
(3) School personnel. - Any person included in the definition contained in G.S. 115C-332(a)(2), including those employed by a nonpublic, charter, or regional school, and any person who volunteers at a school or a school-sponsored activity.
(3a) School safety officer. - Any other person who is regularly present in a school for the purpose of promoting and maintaining safe and orderly schools and includes a school resource officer.
(3b) Sexual act. - As defined in G.S. 14-27.20.
(4) Student. - A person enrolled in kindergarten, or in grade one through grade 12 in any school within six months of any violation of this section. (1999-300, s. 1; 2003-98, s. 2; 2004-203, s. 19(a); 2015-44, s. 3; 2015-181, s. 16; 2023-128, s. 1(b).)
Notes of Decisions
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2 in the last 5 years), 2005–2021 · leading case:
State v. Moir, 794 S.E.2d 685 (N.C. 2016).
State v. Moir, 794 S.E.2d 685 (N.C. 2016).
· cites it 6× “Similarly, the transcript of plea indicates that defendant had agreed to plead guilty to “two counts of indecent liberties”; the Felony Judgment Findings of Aggravating and Mitigating Factors describe defendant’s “offense” as “indecent liberties student”; and the trial court’s…”
State v. Smith (N.C. 2020).
· cites it 8× “Section 14-202.4, which criminalizes taking indecent liberties with a student, states that “ ‘[s]chool personnel’ means any person included in the definition contained in G.”
State v. Smith (N.C. 2020).
· cites it 8× “Section 14-202.4, which criminalizes taking indecent liberties with a student, states that “ ‘[s]chool personnel’ means any person included in the definition contained in G.”
Doe v. United States, 381 F. Supp. 3d 573 (2019).
“See N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-202.4 (d)(1). "Indecent liberties" means: (a) willfully taking or attempting to take any immoral, improper, or indecent liberties with a student for the purpose of arousing or gratifying sexual desire; or (b) willfully committing or attempting to commit…”
Maurice Grier v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Bd. (4th Cir. 2020).
“In 2016, Gray was charged with and pleaded guilty to one count of taking indecent liberties with a student (Grier), in violation of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-202.4 (a). The following year, Grier filed a complaint, which he later amended, in the U.”
State v. Mack (N.C. Ct. App. 2021).
“3 (Solicitation of child by computer or certain other electronic devices to commit an unlawful sex act), G.S. 14-202.4(a) (taking indecent liberties with a student), G.”
State v. Mack (N.C. Ct. App. 2021).
“3 (Solicitation of child by computer or certain other electronic devices to commit an unlawful sex act), G.S. 14-202.4(a) (taking indecent liberties with a student), G.”
— N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-202.4(A) — 1 case
State v. Moir, 794 S.E.2d 685 (N.C. 2016).
“Similarly, the transcript of plea indicates that defendant had agreed to plead guilty to “two counts of indecent liberties”; the Felony Judgment Findings of Aggravating and Mitigating Factors describe defendant’s “offense” as “indecent liberties student”; and the trial court’s…”
— N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-202.4(a) — 2 cases
State v. Mack (N.C. Ct. App. 2021).
“3 (Solicitation of child by computer or certain other electronic devices to commit an unlawful sex act), G.S. 14-202.4(a) (taking indecent liberties with a student), G.”
State v. Mack (N.C. Ct. App. 2021).
“3 (Solicitation of child by computer or certain other electronic devices to commit an unlawful sex act), G.S. 14-202.4(a) (taking indecent liberties with a student), G.”
— N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-202.4(d) — 2 cases
State v. Smith (N.C. 2020).
“Section 14-202.4, which criminalizes taking indecent liberties with a student, states that “ ‘[s]chool personnel’ means any person included in the definition contained in G.”
State v. Smith (N.C. 2020).
“Section 14-202.4, which criminalizes taking indecent liberties with a student, states that “ ‘[s]chool personnel’ means any person included in the definition contained in G.”
— N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-202.4(d)(3) — 2 cases
State v. Smith (N.C. 2020).
“Section 14-202.4, which criminalizes taking indecent liberties with a student, states that “ ‘[s]chool personnel’ means any person included in the definition contained in G.”
State v. Smith (N.C. 2020).
“Section 14-202.4, which criminalizes taking indecent liberties with a student, states that “ ‘[s]chool personnel’ means any person included in the definition contained in G.”
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