N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-167
Failure to return hired property
North Carolina · North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 14 — Chapter 14. · Status: effective
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- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-167, Failure to return hired property, North Carolina, version 1 as recorded 2026-08-18, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/1307352
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Failure to return hired property. Any person who shall rent or hire, any horse, mule or other like animal, or any buggy, wagon, truck, automobile, or other vehicle, aircraft, motor, trailer, appliance, equipment, tool, or other thing of value, and who shall willfully fail to return the same to the possession of the person, firm or corporation from whom such property has been rented or hired at the expiration of the time for which such property has been rented or hired, shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. If the value at the time of the rental or hiring of the truck, automobile, or other motor vehicle that is not returned is in excess of four thousand dollars ($4,000), the person who rented or hired it and failed to return it shall be guilty of a Class H felony. (1927, c. 61, s. 3; 1965, c. 1073, s. 3; 1969, c. 1224, s. 15; 1993, c. 539, s. 111; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2005-182, s. 1; 2013-360, s. 18B.14(c).)