NORTH CAROLINA : Rape/Molestation Statutes of Limitation
A person is guilty of rape in the first or second degrees if the person engages in vaginal intercourse:
1. With a victim who is a child under the age of 13 years
2. With another person by force and against the will of the other person, and:
a. Employs or displays a dangerous or deadly weapon or an article which the other person reasonably believes to be a dangerous or deadly weapon; or
b. Inflicts serious personal injury upon the victim or another person; or
c. The person commits the offense aided and abetted by one or more other persons.
3. Who is mentally disabled, mentally incapacitated, or physically helpless, and the person performing the act knows or should reasonably know the other person is mentally disabled, mentally incapacitated, or physically helpless.
4. By force and against the will of the other person
A person is guilty of a sexual offense in the first and second degrees if the person engages in a sexual act:
1. With a victim who is a child under the age of 13 years
2. With another person by force and against the will of the other person, and:
a. Employs or displays a dangerous or deadly weapon or an article which the other person reasonably believes to be a dangerous or deadly weapon; or
b. Inflicts serious personal injury upon the victim or another person; or
c. The person commits the offense aided and abetted by one or more other persons.
3. By force and against the will of the other person; or
4. Who is mentally disabled, mentally incapacitated, or physically helpless, and the person performing the act knows or should reasonably know that the other person is mentally disabled, mentally incapacitated, or physically helpless.
A defendant is guilty of statutory rape (Class B felony) if the defendant engages in vaginal intercourse or a sexual act with another person who is 13, 14, or 15 years old and the defendant is at least six years older than the person, except when the defendant is lawfully married to the person.
A defendant is guilty of statutory rape (Class C felony) if the defendant engages in vaginal intercourse or a sexual act with another person who is 13, 14, or 15 years old and the defendant is more than four but less than six years older than the person, except when the defendant is lawfully married to the person.
There is no statute of limitations for any felony in the state of North Carolina.
Bob rapes Jane. Jane may report this at any time; there is no time period in which her ability to do so will expire.
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