N.C.P.I.—Crim. 223.20A

NOTE WELL: Effective December 1, 2021 applying to

offenses committed on or after that date. S.L. 2021-36

amended N.C.G.S. § 14-160.1(c) to increase the

punishment for altering, destroying, or removing

permanent personal identification marks from personal

property.

The defendant has been charged with felonious [altering]

[destroying] [defacing] [removing] a permanent identification mark from

an item of personal property worth more than $1,000.

For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must

prove four things beyond a reasonable doubt:

First, that (describe personal property) was marked with a

[permanent serial number] [manufacturer’s identification plate]

[permanent distinguishing number or identification mark].

Second, that the defendant [altered] [destroyed] [defaced]

[removed] this [permanent serial number] [manufacturer’s identification

plate] [permanent distinguishing number or identification mark].

Third, that the defendant did this with the intent to [conceal]

[misrepresent] the identity of the personal property.

And Fourth, that the personal property was worth more than $1,000.

If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or

about the alleged date (describe item of personal property) was marked

with a [permanent serial number] [manufacturer’s identification plate]

[permanent distinguishing number or identification mark] which the

defendant [altered] [destroyed] [defaced] [removed] with the intent to

[conceal] [misrepresent] its identity, and that personal property was

worth more than $1,000, it would be your duty to return a verdict of

guilty. However, if you do not so find or have a reasonable doubt as to

one or more of these things, you will not return a verdict of guilty of

felonious [altering] [destroying] [defacing] [removing] a permanent

identification mark from an item of personal property, but must determine

whether the defendant is guilty of non-felonious [altering] [destroying]

[defacing] [removing] a permanent identification mark from an item of

personal property.1 Non-felonious [altering] [destroying] [defacing]

[removing] a permanent identification mark from an item of personal

property differs from felonious [altering] [destroying] [defacing]

[removing] a permanent identification mark from an item of personal

property in that the property need not be worth more than $1,000.

If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or

about the alleged date (describe item of personal property) was marked

with a [permanent serial number] [manufacturer’s identification plate]

[permanent distinguishing number or identification mark] which the

defendant [altered] [destroyed] [defaced] [removed] with the intent to

[conceal] [misrepresent] its identity, it would be your duty to return a

verdict of guilty of non-felonious [altering] [destroying] [defacing]

[removing] a permanent identification mark from an item of personal

property. However, if you do not so find or have a reasonable doubt as to

one or more of these things, it would be your duty to return a verdict of

not guilty.