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G.S. § 14-27.4 --First degree sexual offense 

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G.S. § 14-27.4A--Sex offense 

with a 

child by adult offender 

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G.S. § 14-27.5--

 

Second degree sexual offense G.S. § 14-27.5A -

 

Sexual battery 

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G.S. § 14-27.6 --Attempted rape or sexual offense 

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G.S. § 14-27.7 --Intercourse and sexual offense with certain victims 

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G.S. § 14-27.7A(a)--

 

Statutory rape or sexual offense of person who is 13, 14, or 

15 years-old when the defendant is at least six years older 

 

Determining whether the victim of an offense was under the age of 16 years at the time  

of the offense will sometimes require additional investigation into the underlying circumstances 

of the offense. However, some sex offenses in North Carolina always involve a victim who is 

under the age of 16 years at the time of the offense. These include: 

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G.S. § 14-27.7A(a)--

 

Statutory rape or sexual offense of person who is 13, 14, or 

15 years-old when the defendant is at least six years older 

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G.S. § 14-190.6--Employing or permitting a minor to assist in offenses against 

public morality and decency 

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G.S. § 14-202.1--Taking indecent liberties with children 

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G.S. § 14-318.4(al)--Parent or caretaker committing, permitting, or encouraging 

act of prostitution with or by a child less than 16 years of age 

 

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G.S. § 14-318.4(a2)--Parent or legal guardian committing or allowing the 

commission of any sexual act upon a child less than 16 years of age 

 

It is unlawful for any such restricted offender to be: 

(a) 

On the premises of any place intended primarily for the use, care, or supervision 

of minors. This includes, but is not limited to, schools, children’s museums, child 

care centers, nurseries, and playgrounds. 

(b) 

Within 300 feet of any place intended primarily for the use, care, or supervision 

of minors if the place is located on the premises of a place which is not intended 

primarily for these purposes. 

(c) 

At any place where minors gather for regularly scheduled educational, 

recreational, or social programs. 

 

The restriction does not apply to the parent or guardian of a student enrolled in a school who is 

present on school property to attend a conference with school personnel to discuss the academic 

or social progress of the student, or whose presence at the school has been requested by the 

principal or a designee for any other reason relating to the welfare or transportation of the 

student, but only if the parent or guardian complies with each of these notice and supervision 

requirements: 

(1) 

The parent or guardian must give notice to the principal of the fact that he or she 

is subject to registration under Article 27A. 

(2) 

The parent or guardian must give notice to the principal of his or her presence at 

the school unless he or she has been granted permission by the superintendent or 

local board of education or has been granted ongoing permission for regular visits 

of a routine nature by the principal. 

(3) 

At all times while on school property, the parent or guardian shall remain under  

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the direct supervision of school personnel, and may not enter onto school 

property if no school personnel are reasonably available to supervise the parent or 

 

guardian on any given occasion. 

 

Other limited exceptions to the restrictions under G.S. § 14-208.18 include the following: 

(a)

 

An offender who is eligible to vote may be present at a prohibited location if for  

the purpose of voting at the person’s voting place. However, the person may not 

be outside the voting enclosure except for the purpose of entering and exiting the 

voting place and, if the location is a school, the person must notify the principal  

of the school that he or she is registered as a sex offender. 

(b) 

A person who is eligible under G.S. § 115C-378 to attend public school may be 

present on school property if permitted by the local board of education pursuant 

to G.S. § 115C-390.1 l(a)(2). 

(c) 

A juvenile offender may be present at a prohibited location for the purpose of 

receiving medical treatment or mental health services, so long as the juvenile 

offender remains under the direct supervision of an employee of the treating 

institution at all times. 

(d) 

An offender who is the parent or guardian of a minor may take the minor to any 

location that can provide emergency medical care treatment if the minor is in 

need of emergency medical care. 

 

Restrictions on Access to Certain Social Networking Web Sites (G.S. § 14-202.5) 

It is unlawful for an offender registered under Article 27A to access a commercial social 

networking Web site when the offender knows that the site permits minor children to become 

members or to create or maintain personal Web pages on the commercial social networking Web 

site. 

 

A “commercial social networking Web site” is an Internet Web site that meets all of the 

following requirements: 

(1)

 

Is operated by a person who derives revenue from membership fees, advertising, 

or other sources related to the operation of the Web site. 

(2) Facilitates 

the 

social 

introduction between two or more persons for the purposes 

of friendship, meeting other persons, or information exchanges. 

(3) 

Allows users to create Web pages or personal profiles that contain information 

such as the name or nickname of the user, photographs placed on the personal 

Web page by the user, other personal information about the user, and links to 

other personal Web pages on the commercial social networking Web site of 

friends or associates of the user that may be accessed by other users or visitors to 

the Web site. 

(4) 

Provides users or visitors to the commercial social networking Web site 

mechanisms to communicate with other users, such as a message board, chat 

room, electronic mail, or instant messenger. 

 

A commercial social networking Web site does not include an Internet Web site that 

either: 

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