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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-397

Furnishing false information to the State Highway Patrol; withholding information from the State Highway Patrol

1985, c. 454, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 396; 1994, Ex

(a) Every person, firm or corporation operating under the jurisdiction of the State Highway Patrol or who is required by law to file reports with the State Highway Patrol who shall knowingly or willfully file or give false information to the State Highway Patrol in any report, reply, response, or other statement or document furnished to the State Highway Patrol shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

(b) Every person, firm, or corporation operating under the jurisdiction of the State Highway Patrol or who is required by law to file reports with the State Highway Patrol who shall willfully withhold clearly specified and reasonably obtainable information from the State Highway Patrol in any report, response, reply or statement filed with the State Highway Patrol in the performance of the duties of the State Highway Patrol or who shall fail or refuse to file any report, response, reply or statement required by the State Highway Patrol in the performance of the duties of the State Highway Patrol shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

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.