No person or persons at least 16 years of age shall, while wearing any mask, hood or device whereby the person, face or voice is disguised so as to conceal the identity of the wearer, enter, be or appear upon any lane, walkway, alley, street, road, highway or other public way in this State.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-12.7
Wearing of masks, hoods, etc., on public ways
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Hernandez v. Superintendent, Fredericksburg-Rappahannock Joint Security Center (1992)
Most recently applied in Hernandez v. Superintendent, Fredericksburg-Rappahannock Joint Security Center (August 1992)
1953, c. 1193, s. 6; 1983, c. 175, ss. 1, 10; c. 720, s. 4.
Official source: North Carolina General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain North Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.