N.C. Gen. Stat. § 126A-16-7: Penalty for permitting access to confidential file by unauthorized person.

Any public official or employee who knowingly and willfully permits any person not specifically authorized by G.S. 126A-16-5 to have access, custody, or possession of any portion of a personnel file designated as confidential by this Article 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. 1.)