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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-71.2 (2026)

Receiving or transferring stolen vehicles

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Any person who, with intent to procure or pass title to a vehicle which he knows or has reason to believe has been stolen or unlawfully taken, receives or transfers possession of the same from or to another, or who has in his possession any vehicle which he knows or has reason to believe has been stolen or unlawfully taken, and who is not an officer of the law engaged at the time in the performance of his duty as such officer shall be punished as a Class H felon. (1937, c. 407, s. 70; 1979, c. 760, s. 5; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1316, s. 47; 1981, c. 63, s. 1; c. 179, s. 14; 1993, c. 539, s. 1252; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2019-186, s. 1(c).)

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (5 in the last 5 years), 2020–2026 · leading case: State v. Collington, 847 S.E.2d 691 (N.C. 2020).
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State v. Collington, 847 S.E.2d 691 (N.C. 2020). · cites it 3× “2d 874 (2018). We allowed the State’s petition for discretionary review on 5 December 2018.”
State v. Collington, 847 S.E.2d 691 (N.C. 2020). · cites it 3× “2d 874 (2018). We allowed the State’s petition for discretionary review on 5 December 2018.”
State v. Jones, 922 S.E.2d 753 (N.C. Ct. App. 2025). · cites it 3× “Therefore, the essential elements of possession of a stolen motor vehicle are that: (1) the defendant possessed (2) the vehicle and (3) the defendant knew or had reason to know that the vehicle had been stolen or unlawfully taken.”
In re I.M.F., 930 S.E.2d 302 (N.C. Ct. App. 2026). · cites it 3× “The State’s evidence tended to show the following: two days prior to the car chase, the victim’s car was stolen; the night of the chase, police saw the vehicle driving at night without headlights; the driver and Juvenile (who was seated in the front passenger’s seat during the…”
State v. Jordan, 870 S.E.2d 150 (N.C. Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 2× “2d 187, 190 (1989)). More fundamentally, the State’s theory of imminent destruction of evidence is not borne out by the facts of this case: Williams entered the residence just moments after arriving at the front door.”
State v. Jordan, 870 S.E.2d 150 (N.C. Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 2× “2d 187, 190 (1989)). More fundamentally, the State’s theory of imminent destruction of evidence is not borne out by the facts of this case: Williams entered the residence just moments after arriving at the front door.”
State v. Thomas, 926 S.E.2d 911 (N.C. 2026). · cites it 2× “Defendant does not contest the propriety of this sentence. In the second judgment, the one that defendant challenges at this Court, the trial court again structured the consolidated sentence around defendant’s conviction for breaking or entering a motor vehicle.”
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