{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-120-36.45","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-36.45","heading":"Penalty for accessing confidential file without authority.","body":"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).)","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_120-36.45.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-28T06:09:46Z","sha256":"5769ecb9290cc69caf8509dfe45e768c1c35c2a413e1d0d85c12097a991600fd","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-120-36.44","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-120-37"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}