Section 14-27.33 - Sexual battery(a) A person is guilty of sexual battery if the person, for the purpose of sexual arousal, sexual gratification, or sexual abuse, engages in sexual contact 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 A1 misdemeanor.N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-27.33
Amended by 2018 N.C. Sess. Laws 47,s. 4-d, eff. 12/1/2018.Renumbered from § 14-27.5A by 2015 N.C. Sess. Laws 181,s. 15, eff. 12/1/2015.Added by 2003 N.C. Sess. Laws 0252, s. 2, eff. 12/1/2003.