State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > North-carolina > Chapter_14 > GS_14-320_1§14‑320.1. Transporting child outside the State with intent to violatecustody order.
When any federal court orstate court in the United States shall have awarded custody of a child underthe age of 16 years, it shall be a felony for any person with the intent toviolate the court order to take or transport, or cause to be taken ortransported, any such child from any point within this State to any pointoutside the limits of this State or to keep any such child outside the limitsof this State. Such crime shall be punishable as a Class I felony. Providedthat keeping a child outside the limits of the State in violation of a courtorder for a period in excess of 72 hours shall be prima facie evidence that theperson charged intended to violate the order at the time of taking. (1969,c. 81; 1979, c. 760, s. 5; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1316, s. 47; 1981, c. 63, s. 1,c. 179, s. 14; 1983, c. 563, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 1234; 1994, Ex. Sess., c.24, s. 14(c).)
