§ 14-358. Local: Violation of certain contracts between landlord and tenant.
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Regulation of Landlordand Tenant.
§ 14‑358. Local:Violation of certain contracts between landlord and tenant.
If any tenant or cropper shallprocure advances from his landlord to enable him to make a crop on the landrented by him, and then willfully abandon the same without good cause andbefore paying for such advances with intent to defraud the landlord; or if anylandlord shall contract with a tenant or cropper to furnish him advances toenable him to make a crop, and shall willfully fail or refuse, without goodcause, to furnish such advances according to his agreement with intent todefraud the tenant, he shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. Any personemploying a tenant or cropper who has violated the provisions of this section,with knowledge of such violation, shall be liable to the landlord furnishingsuch advances for the amount thereof, and shall also be guilty of a Class 3misdemeanor. This section shall apply to the following counties only:Alamance, Alexander, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Cabarrus, Camden, Caswell,Chowan, Cleveland, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Duplin, Edgecombe,Gaston, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Johnston, Jones, Lee,Lenoir, Lincoln, Martin, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Nash, Northampton, Onslow,Pamlico, Pender, Perquimans, Person, Pitt, Randolph, Robeson, Rockingham,Rowan, Rutherford, Sampson, Stokes, Surry, Tyrrell, Vance, Wake, Warren,Washington, Wayne, Wilson and Yadkin. (1905, cc. 297, 383, 445,820; Rev., s. 3366; 1907, c. 8; c. 84, s. 1; c. 595, s. 1; cc. 639, 719, 869;Pub. Loc. 1915, c. 18; C.S., s. 4480; Ex. Sess. 1920, c. 26; 1925, c. 285, s.2; Pub. Loc. 1925, c. 211; Pub. Loc. 1927, c. 614; 1931, c. 136, s. 1; 1945, c.635; 1953, c. 474; 1983, c. 623; 1993, c. 539, s. 237; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24,s. 14(c).)