FILED SENATE
Mar 8, 2023
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
S.B. 246
SESSION 2023 PRINCIPAL CLERK
S D
SENATE BILL DRS45120-ML-49A
Short Title: Property Owners Protection Act. (Public)
Sponsors: Senators Britt and Perry (Primary Sponsors).
Referred to:
1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
2 AN ACT TO AMEND WHAT CONSTITUTES THE CRIME OF FIRST DEGREE TRESPASS
3 TO INCLUDE ENTERING OR REMAINING ON THE PREMISES OF ANOTHER
4 BETWEEN THE HOURS OF MIDNIGHT AND 6:00 A.M.
5 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
6 SECTION 1. G.S. 14-159.12(a) reads as rewritten:
7 "(a) Offense. – A person commits the offense of first degree trespass if, without
8 authorization, he enters or remains:the person does any of the following:
9 (1) On Enters or remains on the premises of another so enclosed or secured as to
10 demonstrate clearly an intent to keep out intruders;intruders.
11 (2) In Enters or remains in a building of another; oranother.
12 (3) On Enters or remains on the lands of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
13 after the person has been excluded by a resolution passed by the Eastern Band
14 of Cherokee Indian Tribal Council.
15 (4) Enters or remains on the premises of another between the hours of midnight
16 and 6:00 A.M."
17 SECTION 2. This act becomes effective December 1, 2023, and applies to offenses
18 committed on or after that date.
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Statutes affected:
Filed: 14-159.12
Edition 1: 14-159.12
Edition 2: 14-159.13
Ratified: 14-159.13
SL 2023-85: 14-159.13