{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-126a-16-8","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 126A-16-8","heading":"Penalty for accessing confidential file without authority.","body":"Any person not specifically authorized by G.S. 126A-16-5 to have access to a personnel file designated as confidential by this Article 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. 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-16-8.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-28T06:10:56Z","sha256":"909556c3f04ad7a691fa022f36c30611c5c45e59189dfa3e5d9836aa1241356f","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-126a-16-7","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-127-1-through-127-127"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}