Section 14-27.27 - Second-degree forcible sexual offense(a) A person is guilty of second degree forcible sexual offense if the person engages in a sexual act with another person:(1) By force and against the will of the other person; or(2) Who has a mental disability or who is mentally incapacitated or physically helpless, and the person performing the act knows or should reasonably know that the other person has a mental disability or is mentally incapacitated or physically helpless.(b) Any person who commits the offense defined in this section is guilty of a Class C felony.N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-27.27
Amended by 2018 N.C. Sess. Laws 47,s. 4-c, eff. 12/1/2018.Amended by 2015 N.C. Sess. Laws 181,s. 9-b, eff. 12/1/2015.Renumbered from § 14-27.5 by 2015 N.C. Sess. Laws 181,s. 9-a, eff. 12/1/2015.Amended by 2002-159, s. 2.(c), eff. 12/1/2002. 1979, c. 682, s. 1; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1316, s. 7; 1981, c. 63; c. 179, s. 14; 1993, c. 539, s. 1131; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).