North Carolina · North Carolina General Statutes — Crimes & Controlled Substances
N.C.G.S. (Criminal Law) § 14-359: Local: Tenant neglecting crop; landlord failing to make advances; harboring or employing delinquent tenant
What this law says, in plain English
This statute makes it a Class 3 misdemeanor for tenants to abandon crops after receiving advances, landlords to fail furnishing promised advances, or others to entice tenants to abandon work or harbor them with intent to defraud.
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