North Carolina Revenge Porn Laws

Disclosure of private images, class H felony – class 1 misdemeanor if under age 18

 

Title: General statuses Section 14-190.5A Disclosure of Private Images

 

Status: In effect, as of 2015

 

A person is guilty of disclosure of private images if all the following apply:

– The person knowingly discloses an image of another person with intent to either:
o Coerce, harass, intimidate, demean, humiliate, or cause financial loss to the depicted person.
o Cause others to coerce, harass, intimidate, demean, humiliate or cause financial loss to the depicted person.
– The depicted person is identifiable from the image or included information about it
– The depicted person’s intimate parts are exposed or they are engaged in sexual conduct in the image
– The person discloses the image without consent of the depicted person
– The person discloses the image under circumstances that the person should have known there was a reasonable expectation of privacy

 

Repercussions: A violation will result in a Class H felony if the person is 18 years of age or older at the time of the offense. A violation will result in a Class 1 Misdemeanor for a first offense by a person who is under 18 years of age at the time of the offense. Second time or subsequent offenses by a person who it under 18 results in a Class H felony.

 

Does not apply to: images involving voluntary public exposure, disclosures made in the public interest, and providers of an interactive computer service.

 

 

 

 

(https://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H792v6.pdf)