If any person shall state, deliver or transmit by any means whatever, to the manager, editor, publisher or reporter of any newspaper or periodical for publication therein any false and libelous statement concerning any person or corporation, and thereby secure the publication of the same, he shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-47
Communicating libelous matter to newspapers
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Frese v. Formella (2022)
Most recently applied in Frese v. Formella (November 2022)
1901, c. 557, ss. 2, 3; Rev., s. 3635; C.S., s. 4229; 1969, c. 1224, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 25; 1994, Ex
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