Section 14-27.21 - First-degree forcible rape(a) A person is guilty of first-degree forcible rape if the person engages in vaginal intercourse with another person by force and against the will of the other person, and does any of the following:(1) Uses, threatens to use, or displays a dangerous or deadly weapon or an article which the other person reasonably believes to be a dangerous or deadly weapon.(2) Inflicts serious personal injury upon the victim or another person.(3) The person commits the offense aided and abetted by one or more other persons.(b) Any person who commits an offense defined in this section is guilty of a Class B1 felony.(c) Upon conviction, a person convicted under this section has no rights to custody of or rights of inheritance from any child born as a result of the commission of the rape, nor shall the person have any rights related to the child under Chapter 48 or Subchapter 1 of Chapter 7B of the General Statutes.N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-27.21
Amended by 2017 N.C. Sess. Laws 30,s. 1, eff. 12/1/2017.Amended by 2015 N.C. Sess. Laws 181,s. 3-b, eff. 12/1/2015.Renumbered from § 14-27.2 by 2015 N.C. Sess. Laws 181,s. 3-a, eff. 12/1/2015.Amended by 2004 N.C. Sess. Laws 0128, s. 7, eff. 12/1/2004. 1979, c. 682, s. 1; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1316, s. 4; 1981, c. 63; c. 106, ss. 1, 2; c. 179, s. 14; 1983, c. 175, ss.4, 10; c. 720, s. 4; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 22, s. 2.