Maintaining a Place for Sale of a Controlled Substance

Maintaining a store, dwelling, vehicle, boat, or other place for use, storage, or sale of a controlled substance under North Carolina General Statute 90-108(a)(7) occurs when a person (1) knowingly (2) keeps or maintains (3) a store, shop, warehouse, dwelling house, building, vehicle, boat, aircraft, or other place (4) being resorted to by persons unlawfully using controlled substances or being used for unlawfully keeping or selling controlled substances.

Maintaining is a class 1 misdemeanor with a maximum punishment under the law of 120 days incarceration and a discretionary fine not limited by statute. However, if the act was committed intentionally, the crime is a class I felony with a maximum punishment under the law of 24 months incarceration.