NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 146

HOUSE BILL 248

 

 

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE CRIME OF FORGING CERTAIN SCHOOL TRANSCRIPTS OR DIPLOMAS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. A new section is added to Article 21, Chapter 14, of the General Statutes to read:

"§ 14-122.1. Forgery of transcripts and diplomas. - It is a misdemeanor for any person either to:

(1)        make a false or altered transcript or diploma from any secondary school, technical or community college, State Board of Community Colleges, college or university; or

(2)        use such a document with intent to defraud."

Sec. 2. This act shall become effective on October 1, 1981.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 31st day of March, 1981.