{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143b-1209.10","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-1209.10","heading":"Criminal history background investigations; fees.","body":"(a)\tWhen the State Bureau of Investigation determines that any person is entitled by law to receive information, including criminal records, from the Bureau, for any purpose other than the administration of criminal justice, the Bureau shall charge the recipient of such information a reasonable fee for retrieving such information. The fee authorized by this section shall not exceed the actual cost of storing, maintaining, locating, editing, researching and retrieving the information, and shall be budgeted for the support of the Bureau.\n(b)\tAs used in this section, \"administration of criminal justice\" means the performance of any of the following activities: the detection, apprehension, detention, pretrial release, post-trial release, prosecution, adjudication, correctional supervision, or rehabilitation of persons suspected of, accused of or convicted of a criminal offense. The term also includes screening for suitability for employment, appointment or retention of a person as a law enforcement or criminal justice officer or for suitability for appointment of a person who must be appointed or confirmed by the General Assembly, the Senate, or the House of Representatives.\n(c)\tIn providing criminal history record checks, the Bureau shall process requests in the following priority order:\n(1)\tAdministration of criminal justice record checks,\n(2)\tMandatory noncriminal justice criminal history record checks,\n(3)\tVoluntary noncriminal justice criminal history record checks.\n(d)\tNothing in this section shall be construed as enlarging any right to receive any record of the Bureau. Such rights are and shall be controlled by G.S. 143B-906, 143B-1208.5, 120-19.4A, and other applicable statutes. (1979, c. 816; 1981, c. 832, s. 1; 1987, c. 867, s. 1; 1995 (Reg. Sess., 1996), c. 606, s. 4; 2002-126, s. 29A.12(a); 2003-214, s. 1(2); 2014-100, s. 17.1(m), (o), (zz); 2015-267, s. 1(b); recodified from N.C. Gen. Stat. 143B-930 by 2023-134, s. 19F.4(i), (j).)","path":["Chapter 143B. Executive Organization Act of 1973.","Article XI. Adjudication of Disputes.","Part 2. Criminal History Record Checks."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_143B/GS_143B-1209.10.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:22:43Z","sha256":"c477702b351b51c410461df3bc962299bdfa3b0a2dfa3c910432d6f132891e6f","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143b-1209.09","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143b-1209.11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}