NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 220.26
FILING [FALSE LIEN] [ENCUMBRANCE]. FELONY.
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense the State must
prove three things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that defendant presented for [filing] [recording] in a [public
record] [private record generally available to the public] a false 2 [lien]
[encumbrance].3
Second, that the defendant [filed] [recorded] this false [lien]
[encumbrance] against the [real] [personal] property of an owner or
beneficial interest holder.
And Third, that the defendant [knew] [had reason to know] that the
[lien] [encumbrance] [was false] [contained a materially [false]
[fictitious] [fraudulent] statement or representation].
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date the defendant presented for [filing] [recording] in
a [public record] [private record generally available to the public] a [lien]
[encumbrance], that the defendant filed this false [lien] [encumbrance]
against the [real] [personal] property of an owner or beneficial interest
holder, and that the defendant [knew] [had reason to know] that the
[lien] [encumbrance] [was false] [contained a materially [false]
[fictitious] [fraudulent] statement or representation], it would be your
duty to return a verdict of guilty. If you do not so find or have a
reasonable doubt as to one or more of these things, then it would be
your duty to return a verdict of not guilty.
History
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 220.26 (June 2020). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-118.6. Prepared by the North Carolina Conference of Superior Court Judges' Committee on Pattern Jury Instructions, assisted by the UNC School of Government; published by the School of Government.
Provenance
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- sog.unc.edu
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
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