{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-126-27","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 126-27","heading":"Penalty for permitting access to confidential file by unauthorized person.","body":"Any public official or employee who shall knowingly and willfully permit any person to have access to or custody or possession of any portion of a personnel file designated as confidential by this Article, unless such person is one specifically authorized by G.S. 126-24 to have access thereto for inspection and examination, 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). (1975, c. 257, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 934; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)","path":["Chapter 126. North Carolina Human Resources Act.","Article 7. The Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_126/GS_126-27.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:19:57Z","sha256":"d4a8e696fd64a49615f9f9a75b8d29728fcffa890e15daa9339bfdfadf27ea75","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-126-26","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-126-28"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}