NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1965 SESSION

CHAPTER 1073
SENATE BILL 378

AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 24 OF CHAPTER 14 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES TO DECLARE CERTAIN ACTS OF BAILEES, LESSEES, TENANTS AND ATTORNEYS IN FACT TO CONSTITUTE A CRIME.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  G.S. 14-165 of Article 24, Chapter 14 of the General Statutes of North Carolina is hereby amended as follows:
(a)	By adding in line 3 thereof after the comma following the word "vehicle" the following words: "aircraft, motor, trailer, appliance, equipment, tool, or other thing of value,";
(b)	By striking the phrase "for temporary use" in line 4.
Sec. 2.  G.S. 14-166 of Article 24, Chapter 14 of the General Statutes of North Carolina is hereby amended as follows:
(a)	By striking the phrase "for temporary use" in line 2;
(b)	By adding in line 3 thereof after the comma following the word "vehicle" the following words: "aircraft, motor, trailer, appliance, equipment, tool, or other thing of value,".
Sec. 3.  G.S. 14-167 of Article 24, Chapter 14 of the General Statutes of North Carolina is hereby amended as follows:
(a)	By striking the phrase "for temporary use" in line 2;
(b)	By adding in line 3 thereof after the comma following the word "vehicle" the following words: "aircraft, motor, trailer, appliance, equipment, tool, or other thing of value,".
Sec. 4.  G.S. 14-168 of Article 24, Chapter 14 of the General Statutes of North Carolina is hereby amended as follows:
(a)	By striking the phrase "for temporary use" in line 3;
(b)	By adding in line 4 thereof after the comma following the word "vehicle" the following words: "aircraft, motor, trailer, appliance, equipment, tool, or other thing of value,".
Sec. 5.  Article 24, Chapter 14 of the General Statutes of North Carolina is amended by adding thereto two new Sections to be designated as G.S. 14-168.1 and G.S. 14-168.2, to read as follows:
"§ 14-168.1.  Conversion by Bailee, Lessee, Tenant, Attorney in Fact. Every person entrusted with any property as bailee, lessee, tenant or lodger, or with any power of attorney for the sale or transfer thereof, who fraudulently converts the same, or the proceeds thereof, to his own use, or secretes it with a fraudulent intent to convert it to his own use, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
§ 14-168.2.  Definition of Terms. For the purposes of this Article, the terms 'rent', 'hire' and 'lease' are used to designate the letting for hire of any horse, mule or other like animal, or any buggy, wagon, truck, automobile, aircraft, motor, trailer, appliance, equipment, tool, or other thing of value by lease, bailment, or rental agreement."
Sec. 6.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 7.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 16th day of June, 1965.