PUBLISHED

N.C.G.S. § 14-16.6

Assault on executive, legislative, court, or local elected officers.

Effective date: 2026-08-08
Last verified: 2026-08-09
Source: official source
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(a) Any person who assaults any legislative officer, executive officer, court officer, or local elected officer, or assaults another person as retaliation against any legislative officer, executive officer, court officer, or local elected officer because of the exercise of that officer's duties, or any person who makes a violent attack upon the residence, office, temporary accommodation or means of transport of any one of those officers or persons in a manner likely to endanger the officer or person, shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished as a Class H felon. (b) Any person who commits an offense under subsection (a) and uses a deadly weapon in the commission of that offense shall be punished as a Class E felon. (c) Any person who commits an offense under subsection (a) and inflicts serious bodily injury to any legislative officer, executive officer, court officer, or local elected officer shall be punished as a Class D felon. (1981, c. 822, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 1125; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 1999-398, s. 1; 2014-119, s. 6(a); 2023-129, s. 8.2(b); 2025-81, s. 4.)