N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-36.45: Penalty for accessing confidential file without authority.

Any person not specifically authorized by this Part to have access to a personnel file designated as confidential by this Part who knowingly and willfully examines in its official filing place, or removes or copies any portion of a confidential personnel file, shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor and upon conviction shall only be fined in the discretion of the court but not in excess of five hundred dollars ($500.00). (2026-40, s. 2(c).)