North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 132 - Public Records
§ 132-8.1 - Records management program administered by Department of Natural and Cultural Resources; establishment of standards, procedures, etc.; surveys.

132-8.1. Records management program administered by Department of Natural and Cultural Resources; establishment of standards, procedures, etc.; surveys.
A records management program for the application of efficient and economical management methods to the creation, utilization, maintenance, retention, preservation, and disposal of official records shall be administered by the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. It shall be the duty of that Department, in cooperation with and with the approval of the Department of Administration, to establish standards, procedures, and techniques for effective management of public records, to make continuing surveys of paper work operations, and to recommend improvements in current records management practices including the use of space, equipment, and supplies employed in creating, maintaining, and servicing records. It shall be the duty of the head of each State agency and the governing body of each county, municipality and other subdivision of government to cooperate with the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources in conducting surveys and to establish and maintain an active, continuing program for the economical and efficient management of the records of said agency, county, municipality, or other subdivision of government. (1961, c. 1041; 1973, c. 476, s. 48; 2015-241, s. 14.30(s).)

Structure North Carolina General Statutes

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.