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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
If any person, firm or corporation shall willfully or negligently set on fire, or cause to be set on fire, any woods, lands or fields, whatsoever, every such offender shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. This section shall apply only in those counties under the protection of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services in its work of forest fire control. It shall not apply in the case of a landowner firing, or causing to be fired, his own open, nonwooded lands, or fields in connection with farming or building operations at the time and in the manner now provided by law: Provided, he shall have confined the fire at his own expense to said open lands or fields.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 14. Criminal Law § 14-137. Willfully or negligently setting fire to woods and fields - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nc/chapter-14-criminal-law/nc-gen-st-sect-14-137/
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