North Carolina State Law

FORCIBLE RAPE

• First Degree Rape
  (forcible vaginal intercourse with injury) [GS 14-27.2, Class B1 felony]:
  Vaginal intercourse by force and without consent and (a) with use of a weapon, (b) inflicting serious injury, or (c) aided by others.
• Second Degree Rape
  (forcible vaginal intercourse without injury) [GS 14-27.3, Class C felony]:
  Vaginal intercourse by force and without consent.

SEXUAL OFFENSE

• First Degree Sexual Offense
  (forcible sexual acts (eg, oral, anal, objects), but not vaginal intercourse)
  [GS 14-27.4, Class B1 felony]
  Sexual acts (not vaginal intercourse) by force and without consent and
  (a) with use of a weapon, (b) inflicting serious injury, or (c) aided by others.
• Second Degree Sexual Offense
  (forcible sexual acts (eg, oral, anal, object) without injury, but not vaginal intercourse) [GS 14-27.4, Class C felony]
  Sexual acts (not vaginal intercourse) by force and without consent.

VULNERABLE COMPLAINANTS

• Second Degree Rape
  (vaginal intercourse with disabled person) [GS 14-27.3, Class C felony]:
  Vaginal intercourse with complainant who is mentally defective or physically helpless.
• Second Degree Sexual Offense
  (sexual acts with disabled persons, but not vaginal intercourse) [GS 14-27.4, Class C felony] Sexual acts with complainant who is mentally defective or physically helpless.

STATUTORY RAPE

Note: Consent is no defense.

• First Degree Rape
  (vaginal intercourse with under age 13) [GS 14-27.2, Class B1 felony]:
  Vaginal intercourse with complainant under 13 and defendant at least 12 and 4 years older.
• First Degree Sexual Offense
  (sexual acts (eg, oral, anal, objects) with under 13, but not vaginal intercourse) [GS 14-27.4, Class B1 felony]
  Sexual acts (not vaginal intercourse) with complainant under 13 and defendant at least 12 and 4 years older.
• Statutory Rape by 13, 14 or 15 year old
  [GS 14-27.7A, Class B1 or C felony]
  Vaginal intercourse or sexual act with 13, 14 or 15 year old by defendant 4-5 years older (Class C felony) or by defendant at least 6 years older (Class B1 felony).
• Indecent Liberties with a Child (adult perpetrator)
  [GS 14-202.1, Class F felony]
  Indecent and lewd acts with a child under 16 by a defendant at least 5 years older.
• Indecent Liberties with a Child (juvenile perpetrator)
  [GS 14-202.2, Class 1 misdemeanor]
  Indecent and lewd acts by a defendant under 16 with a complainant at least 3 years younger than the defendant.
• Indecent Liberties with a Student
  [GS 14-202.4, Class I felony or A1 misdemeanor]
  Indecent and lewd acts by a teacher, administrator, or coach with a student at the same school, when the perpetrator is 4 or more years older than the complainant (Class I felony) or less than 4 years older (Class A1 misdemeanor).
• Computer Solicitation of a Child
  [GS 14-202.3, Class I felony]
  Computer solicitation of a child for sexual purposes by a perpetrator at least 16 with a complainant under 16 and at least 3 years younger than the perpetrator.

MORALITY CRIMES

Note: Consent is no defense.

• Crimes Against Nature
  [GS 14-177, Class I felony]
  Oral sex, anal sex, sex with objects by unmarried persons, and bestiality.
• Fornication and Adultery
  [GS 14-184, Class 2 misdemeanor]
  Vaginal intercourse between unmarried persons, and with a married person not that person's spouse.
• Incest Between Near Relatives
  [GS 14-178, Class F felony]
  Vaginal intercourse with grandparent, parent or sibling.
• Incest Between Uncle and Niece or Nephew and Aunt
  [GS 14-179, Class 1 misdemeanor]
  Vaginal intercourse between uncle and niece or nephew and aunt.
• Indecent Exposure
  [GS 14-190.9, Class 2 misdemeanor]
  Exposing one's private parts to another of the opposite sex in a public place.
• Opposite Sexes in Same Hotel Room
  [GS 14-186, Class 2 misdemeanor]
  Opposite sexes occupying the same bedroom at a hotel for immoral purposes; or falsely registering as husband and wife at a hotel.

OTHER

• Assault charges (multiple misdemeanor and felony charges, including habitual offender and injury and weapons related enhancements)
• Pornography
• Prostitution
• Peeping (of a female only)
• Harassment, Stalking & Cyberstalking (includes habitual offender enhancements)