North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 132 - Public Records
§ 132-4 - Disposition of records at end of official's term.

132-4. Disposition of records at end of official's term.
Whoever has the custody of any public records shall, at the expiration of his term of office, deliver to his successor, or, if there be none, to the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, all records, books, writings, letters and documents kept or received by him in the transaction of his official business; and any such person who shall refuse or neglect for the space of 10 days after request made in writing by any citizen of the State to deliver as herein required such public records to the person authorized to receive them shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1935, c. 265, s. 4; 1943, c. 237; 1973, c. 476, s. 48; 1975, c. 696, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 967; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2015-241, s. 14.30(s).)

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North Carolina General Statutes

Chapter 132 - Public Records

§ 132-1 - "Public records" defined.

§ 132-1.1 - Confidential communications by legal counsel to public board or agency; State tax information; public enterprise billing information; Address Confidentiality Program information.

§ 132-1.2 - Confidential information.

§ 132-1.3 - Settlements made by or on behalf of public agencies, public officials, or public employees; public records.

§ 132-1.3A - The University of North Carolina athletic conference communications and other documentary materials; public records.

§ 132-1.4 - Criminal investigations; intelligence information records; Innocence Inquiry Commission records.

§ 132-1.4A - Law enforcement agency recordings.

§ 132-1.5 - 911 database.

§ 132-1.6 - Emergency response plans.

§ 132-1.7 - Sensitive public security information.

§ 132-1.7A - Alarm registration information.

§ 132-1.8 - Confidentiality of photographs and video or audio recordings made pursuant to autopsy.

§ 132-1.9 - Trial preparation materials.

§ 132-1.10 - Social security numbers and other personal identifying information.

§ 132-1.11 - Economic development incentives.

§ 132-1.11A - Limited access to identifying information of minors participating in local government programs and programs funded by the North Carolina Partnership for Children, Inc., or a local partnership in certain localities.

§ 132-1.12 - Limited access to identifying information of minors participating in local government parks and recreation programs and programs funded by the North Carolina Partnership for Children, Inc., or a local partnership in other localities.

§ 132-1.13 - Electronic lists of subscribers open for inspection but not available for copying.

§ 132-1.14 - Personally identifiable information of public utility customers.

§ 132-1.23 - Eugenics program records.

§ 132-2 - Custodian designated.

§ 132-3 - Destruction of records regulated.

§ 132-4 - Disposition of records at end of official's term.

§ 132-5 - Demanding custody.

§ 132-5.1 - Regaining custody; civil remedies.

§ 132-6 - Inspection, examination and copies of public records.

§ 132-6.1 - Electronic data-processing and computer databases as public records.

§ 132-6.2 - Provisions for copies of public records; fees.

§ 132-7 - Keeping records in safe places; copying or repairing; certified copies.

§ 132-8 - Assistance by and to Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

§ 132-8.1 - Records management program administered by Department of Natural and Cultural Resources; establishment of standards, procedures, etc.; surveys.

§ 132-8.2 - Selection and preservation of records considered essential; making or designation of preservation duplicates; force and effect of duplicates or copies thereof.

§ 132-9 - Access to records.

§ 132-10 - Qualified exception for geographical information systems.

§ 132-11 - Time limitation on confidentiality of records.