{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-126a-16-7","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 126A-16-7","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 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.)","path":["Chapter 126A. North Carolina Human Resources Act.","Article 16. The Privacy of Employee Personnel Records."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_126A/GS_126A-16-7.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-28T06:10:56Z","sha256":"ac624c3854786e34703c3a7a4ab49cb584be1939b313339e213ae9fb01f43a37","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-126a-16-6","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-126a-16-8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}