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Statutes > North-carolina > Chapter_58 > GS_58-82-1

Article82.

Authority and Liabilityof Firemen.

§ 58‑82‑1. Authority of firemen; penalty for willful interference with firemen.

Members and employees ofcounty, municipal corporation, fire protection district, sanitary district orprivately incorporated fire departments shall have authority to do all actsreasonably necessary to extinguish fires and protect life and property fromfire. Any person, including the owner of property which is burning, who shallwillfully interfere in any manner with firemen engaged in the performance oftheir duties shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1965,c. 648; 1993, c. 539, s. 476; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > North-carolina > Chapter_58 > GS_58-82-1

Article82.

Authority and Liabilityof Firemen.

§ 58‑82‑1. Authority of firemen; penalty for willful interference with firemen.

Members and employees ofcounty, municipal corporation, fire protection district, sanitary district orprivately incorporated fire departments shall have authority to do all actsreasonably necessary to extinguish fires and protect life and property fromfire. Any person, including the owner of property which is burning, who shallwillfully interfere in any manner with firemen engaged in the performance oftheir duties shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1965,c. 648; 1993, c. 539, s. 476; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)


State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > North-carolina > Chapter_58 > GS_58-82-1

Article82.

Authority and Liabilityof Firemen.

§ 58‑82‑1. Authority of firemen; penalty for willful interference with firemen.

Members and employees ofcounty, municipal corporation, fire protection district, sanitary district orprivately incorporated fire departments shall have authority to do all actsreasonably necessary to extinguish fires and protect life and property fromfire. Any person, including the owner of property which is burning, who shallwillfully interfere in any manner with firemen engaged in the performance oftheir duties shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1965,c. 648; 1993, c. 539, s. 476; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)