{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-120-36.44","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-36.44","heading":"Penalty for permitting access to confidential file by unauthorized person.","body":"Any public official or employee who knowingly and willfully permits any person not specifically authorized by this Part to have access, custody, or possession of any portion of a personnel file designated as confidential by this Part 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).)","path":["Chapter 120. General Assembly.","Article 7E. Legislative Human Resources.","Part 2. Employee Personnel Records."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_120/GS_120-36.44.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-28T06:09:46Z","sha256":"efb01caaa4b251ab0aaa35dbb4c97edc9071da77015125bae9d7f552199296a5","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-120-36.43","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-120-36.45"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}