{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-132-1.7","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 132-1.7","heading":"Sensitive public security information.","body":"(a)\tPublic records, as defined in G.S. 132-1, shall not include sensitive public security information, which means any of the following:\n(1)\tInformation containing specific details of public security plans and arrangements or the detailed plans and drawings of public buildings and infrastructure facilities, including detailed plans and drawings contained in, or capable of being produced from, information storage systems or geographic information system databases.\n(2)\tPlans, schedules, or other documents that include information regarding patterns or practices associated with executive protection and security.\n(3)\tSpecific security information or detailed plans, patterns, or practices associated with prison or local confinement facilities operations.\n(4)\tSpecific security information or detailed plans, patterns, or practices to prevent or respond to criminal, gang, or organized illegal activity.\n(5)\tSpecific engineering, vulnerability, or detailed design information about proposed or existing critical infrastructure, whether physical or virtual, for the production, generation, transmission, or distribution of energy.\n(a1)\tRepealed by Session Laws 2022-75, s. 7(a), effective July 12, 2022.\n(a2)\tRepealed by Session Laws 2022-75, s. 7(a), effective July 12, 2022.\n(b)\tPublic records as defined in G.S. 132-1 do not include plans to prevent or respond to terrorist activity, to the extent such records set forth vulnerability and risk assessments, potential targets, specific tactics, or specific security or emergency procedures, the disclosure of which would jeopardize the safety of governmental personnel or the general public or the security of any governmental facility, building, structure, or information storage system.\n(b1)\tPublic records shall not include mobile telephone numbers issued by a local, county, or State government to any of the following:\n(1)\tA sworn law enforcement officer or nonsworn employee of a public law enforcement agency.\n(2)\tAn employee of a fire department.\n(3)\tAny employee whose duties include responding to an emergency.\n(c)\tInformation relating to the general adoption of public security plans and arrangements, and budgetary information concerning the authorization or expenditure of public funds to implement public security plans and arrangements, or for the construction, renovation, or repair of public buildings and infrastructure facilities shall be public records. (2001-516, s. 3; 2003-180, s. 1; 2015-225, s. 3; 2015-241, s. 16A.5; 2022-75, s. 7(a).)","path":["Chapter 132. Public Records."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_132/GS_132-1.7.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:21:22Z","sha256":"20dc0e0ad017cee8eefc8e6915b27cbb7a27232100753728c7fd6cc0c54f9636","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-132-1.6","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-132-1.7a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}