NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

CHAPTER 468

HOUSE BILL 826

AN ACT TO RENDER THE FALSIFYING OF CERTIFICATES AND RECORDS REQUIRED BY ARTICLE 7 OF CHAPTER 130 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES AND OF ANY BIRTH CERTIFICATE OF ANOTHER STATE OR THE USE THEREOF A FELONY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 130-69 is hereby amended by adding the following subsection thereto:

"(c)       Felonies. Any person, who for himself or as an officer, agent, or employee of any other person, or of any corporation or partnership, shall, for monetary consideration or other consideration of monetary value:

(1)        Wilfully alter, otherwise than as provided by G.S. 130-60 or by law, or falsify any certificate or record required by this Article or any birth certificate of another state; wilfully alter or falsify any photocopy, certified copy, extract copy, or any document containing information obtained from an original, or copy, of any certificate or record required by this Article or of any birth certificate of another state; wilfully make or create any altered or falsified certificate or record required by this Article or any birth certificate of another state; wilfully use or attempt to use any falsified certificate or record required by this Article or any birth certificate of another state or any falsified photocopy, certified copy, extract copy, or any document containing information obtained from an original or copy, of any certificate or record required by this Article or of any birth certificate of another state for the purpose of attempting to prove or establish for any purpose whatsoever any matter purported to be shown thereon;

(2)        Wilfully use or attempt to use with intent to deceive any certificate or record required by this Article or any birth certificate of another state knowing that such certificate or record was issued upon a record which is false in whole or in part or which pertains to another person; or

(3)        Wilfully and knowingly furnish a certificate or record required by this Article or any birth certificate of another state with the intention that it be used by an unauthorized person or for an unauthorized purpose;

shall upon conviction thereof be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the State prison for a term not exceeding five years or fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both, in the discretion of the court."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 3rd day of June, 1975.