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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-66 (2026)

Burning of personal property

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If any person shall wantonly and willfully set fire to or burn, or cause to be burned, or aid, counsel or procure the burning of any goods, wares, merchandise or other chattels or personal property of any kind, in any place other than a commercial structure as defined in G.S. 14-62.3, whether or not the same shall at the time be insured by any person or corporation against loss or damage by fire, with intent to injure or prejudice the insurer, the creditor or the person owning the property, or any other person, whether the property is that of such person or another, he shall be punished as a Class H felon. (1921, c. 119; C.S., s. 4245(a); 1971, c. 816, s. 9; 1979, c. 760, s. 5; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1316, s. 47; 1981, c. 63, s. 1; c. 179, s. 14; 2022-8, s. 1(i).)

 

§ 14-67:  Repealed by Session Laws 1993, c.  539, s. 1358.2.

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12 cases, 1978–2015 · leading case: In the Matter of Davis, 441 S.E.2d 696 (N.C. Ct. App. 1994).
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In the Matter of Davis, 441 S.E.2d 696 (N.C. Ct. App. 1994). · cites it 6× “” The issue presented by this appeal is whether a juvenile can be adjudicated delinquent on the grounds he set fire to personal property in violation of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-66 when the juvenile petition only alleged the unlawful setting of fire to a public building in violation…”
State v. Jefferies, 776 S.E.2d 872 (N.C. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 6× “The crime of burning personal property is codified at N.C. Gen.Stat. § 14-66, which defines the offense in relevant part as follows: If any person shall wantonly and willfully set fire to or burn, or cause to be burned, or aid, counsel or procure the burning of .”
State v. Sargeant, 707 S.E.2d 192 (N.C. 2011). · cites it 3× “§ 14-39; and burning of personal property, in violation of N.C.G.S. § 14-66. At defendant’s trial, the State presented Triplett as a witness.”
State v. Murchinson, 249 S.E.2d 871 (N.C. Ct. App. 1978). · cites it 5× “G.S. 14-66 as amended in 1971 provides as follows: “§ 14-66.”
State v. Robinson, 777 S.E.2d 755 (N.C. 2015). · cites it 2× “We note that section 14-66 references “breaking or entering.”
State v. Lassiter, 586 S.E.2d 488 (N.C. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 2× “The Trial Court’s Denial of Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss Defendant next contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion to dismiss at the close of the State’s evidence and at the close of all of the evidence, claiming that the evidence was insufficient to support the…”
State v. Wesson, 263 S.E.2d 298 (N.C. Ct. App. 1980). · cites it 4× “Defendant’s sole argument on appeal is that he was entitled to a nonsuit because the State failed to present evidence of the specific intent which is an essential element of the crime created by G.S. 14-66. That statute provides in pertinent part: “If any per *512 son shall…”
State v. Jordan, 296 S.E.2d 823 (N.C. Ct. App. 1982). “The felonious burning statute is G.S. 14-66: “If any person shall wantonly and' willfully set fire to or burn .”
In Re Rhyne, 571 S.E.2d 879 (N.C. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 3× “” N.C.G.S. § 14-66 (2001). Without the testimony regarding the telephone call, the only evidence linking Stephen to the scene of the fire rests on the testimony of Jeff and Chris who identified Stephen as one of the people they had seen on the mats on the football field…”
State v. Langley, 308 S.E.2d 445 (N.C. Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 2× “G.S. § 14-66. If any person shall wantonly and willfully set fire to or burn, or cause to be burned, or aid, counsel or procure the burning of, any goods, wares, *677 merchandise or other chattels or personal property of any kind, whether or not the same shall at the time be…”
In the Matter of Prg, 604 S.E.2d 366 (N.C. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 3× “This Court held that adjudicating the juvenile delinquent for an offense which is neither the crime charged in the juvenile petition nor a lesser included offense of the crime charged violated the juvenile's due process right to advance written notice of the charge to be…”
United States v. Darnell Hayes, 574 F. App'x 259 (4th Cir. 2014). “At issue in this appeal is whether Hayes’ prior convictions for either burning personal property, in violation of N.C. Gen.Stat. § 14-66, or speeding to elude arrest, in violation of N.”
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