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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-82 (2026)

Taking horses, mules, or dogs for temporary purposes

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If any person shall unlawfully take and carry away any horse, gelding, mare, mule, or dog, the property of another person, secretly and against the will of the owner of such property, with intent to deprive the owner of the special or temporary use of the same, or with the intent to use such property for a special or temporary purpose, the person so offending shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1879, c. 234, s. 1; Code, s. 1067; Rev., s. 3509; 1913, c. 11; C.S., s. 4261; 1969, c. 1224, s. 3; 1989, c. 773, s. 3; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 14, s. 3.3.)

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1972–2017 · leading case: United States v. Omar Vereen, 703 F. App'x 171 (4th Cir. 2017).
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United States v. Omar Vereen, 703 F. App'x 171 (4th Cir. 2017). “2d 340, 349 (2008) (internal quotation marks omitted); see also N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-82 (c) (2015). Ver-een does not dispute that AWDWIK involves violent force.”
State v. Jennings, 192 S.E.2d 46 (N.C. Ct. App. 1972). “All the evidence presented shows a shooting with a deadly weapon with an intent to kill and none of the evidence shows the lack of such intent.”
State v. Turner, 205 S.E.2d 628 (N.C. Ct. App. 1974). · cites it 2× “G.S. 14-82, the statute under which defendant was indicted, has undergone various changes in recent years.”
State v. Brown, 199 S.E.2d 134 (N.C. Ct. App. 1973). “For present purposes it is sufficient to say that since no judgment was entered on the charge of felonious assault inflicting serious injury (G.S. 14-82(a)), defendant has not been harmed by reason of the verdict on that charge.”
— N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-82(a) — 1 case
State v. Brown, 199 S.E.2d 134 (N.C. Ct. App. 1973). “For present purposes it is sufficient to say that since no judgment was entered on the charge of felonious assault inflicting serious injury (G.S. 14-82(a)), defendant has not been harmed by reason of the verdict on that charge.”
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