126-28. Penalty for examining, copying, etc., confidential file without authority.
Any person, not specifically authorized by G.S. 126-24 to have access to a personnel file designated as confidential by this Article, who shall knowingly and willfully examine in its official filing place, remove or copy 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). (1975, c. 257, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 935; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 126 - North Carolina Human Resources Act
Article 7 - The Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records.
§ 126-22 - Personnel files not subject to inspection under § 132-6.
§ 126-24 - Confidential information in personnel files; access to such information.
§ 126-25 - Remedies of employee objecting to material in file.
§ 126-26 - Rules and regulations.
§ 126-27 - Penalty for permitting access to confidential file by unauthorized person.
§ 126-28 - Penalty for examining, copying, etc., confidential file without authority.