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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-58.2 (2026)

Burning of mobile home, manufactured-type house or recreational trailer home

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If any person shall willfully and maliciously burn any mobile home or manufactured-type house or recreational trailer home which is the dwelling house of another and which is occupied at the time of the burning, the same shall constitute the crime of arson in the first degree. (1973, c. 1374; 1979, c. 760, s. 5; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1316, s. 47; 1981, c. 63, s. 1; c. 179, s. 14.)

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1993–2005 · leading case: State v. Jones, 429 S.E.2d 410 (N.C. Ct. App. 1993).
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State v. Jones, 429 S.E.2d 410 (N.C. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 9× “Defendant was indicted under N.C.G.S. § 14-58.2 for burning the mobile home of her estranged lover, Larry Dowtin.”
State v. Hodge, 465 S.E.2d 14 (N.C. Ct. App. 1995). · cites it 14× “Defendant argues that although G.S. § 14-58.2 provides that the willful and malicious burning of an occupied mobile home constitutes first degree arson, the Legislature has made no provision for the burning of an unoccupied mobile home to constitute second degree arson.”
State v. Sexton, 581 S.E.2d 57 (N.C. 2003). · cites it 3× “See N.C.G.S. § 14-58.2 (2001) (first- *236 degree arson).”
State v. Norris, 617 S.E.2d 298 (N.C. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 4× “" N.C. Gen.Stat. § 14-58.2 (2003). [S]ome portion of the [building] itself, in contrast to its mere contents, must be burned to constitute arson; however, the least burning of any part of the building, no matter how small, is sufficient, and it is not necessary that the building…”
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