North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 132 Public Records

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 132-1. "Public records" defined
(a) "Public record" or "public records" shall mean all documents, papers, letters, maps, books, photographs, films, sound recordings, magnetic or other tapes, electronic data-processing...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 132-1.1. Confidential communications by legal counsel to public board or agency; State tax information; public enterprise billing information; Address Confidentiality Program information
(a) Confidential Communications. - Public records, as defined in G.S. 132-1, shall not include written communications (and copies thereof) to any public board, council,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 132-1.2. Confidential information
Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to require or authorize a public agency or its subdivision to disclose any information that: (1) Meets...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 132-1.3. Settlements made by or on behalf of public agencies, public officials, or public employees; public records
(a) Public records, as defined in G.S. 132-1, shall include all settlement documents in any suit, administrative proceeding or arbitration instituted against any agency...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 132-1.4. Criminal investigations; intelligence information records; Innocence Inquiry Commission records
(a) Records of criminal investigations conducted by public law enforcement agencies, records of criminal intelligence information compiled by public law enforcement agencies, and records...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 132-1.5. 911 database
Automatic number identification and automatic location identification information that consists of the name, address, and telephone numbers of telephone subscribers, or the e-mail addresses...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 132-1.6. Emergency response plans
Emergency response plans adopted by a constituent institution of The University of North Carolina, a community college, or a public hospital as defined in...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 132-1.7. Sensitive public security information
(a) Public records, as defined in G.S. 132-1, shall not include information containing specific details of public security plans and arrangements or the detailed...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 132-1.8. Confidentiality of photographs and video or audio recordings made pursuant to autopsy
Except as otherwise provided in G.S. 130A-389.1, a photograph or video or audio recording of an official autopsy is not a public record as...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 132-1.9. Trial preparation materials
(a) Scope. - A request to inspect, examine, or copy a public record that is also trial preparation material is governed by this section,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 132-1.10. Social security numbers and other personal identifying information
(a) The General Assembly finds the following: (1) The social security number can be used as a tool to perpetuate fraud against a person...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 132-1.11. Economic development incentives
(a) Assumptions and Methodologies. - Subject to the provisions of this Chapter regarding confidential information and the withholding of public records relating to the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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
(a) A public record, as defined by G.S. 132-1, does not include, as to any minor participating in a program sponsored by a local...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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
(a) A public record, as defined by G.S. 132-1, does not include, as to any minor participating in a park or recreation program sponsored...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 132-1.13. Electronic lists of subscribers open for inspection but not available for copying
(a) Notwithstanding this chapter, when a unit of local government maintains an electronic mail list of individual subscribers, this chapter does not require that...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 132-1.14. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 132-1.15. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 132-1.16. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 132-1.17. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 132-1.18. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 132-1.19. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 132-1.20. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 132-1.21. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 132-1.22. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 132-1.23. Eugenics program records
(a) Records in the custody of the State, including those in the custody of the Office of Justice for Sterilization Victims, concerning the Eugenics...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 132-2. Custodian designated
The public official in charge of an office having public records shall be the custodian thereof. (1935, c. 265, s. 2.)
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 132-3. Destruction of records regulated
(a) Prohibition. - No public official may destroy, sell, loan, or otherwise dispose of any public record, except in accordance with G.S. 121-5 and...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 132-5. Demanding custody
Whoever is entitled to the custody of public records shall demand them from any person having illegal possession of them, who shall forthwith deliver...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 132-5.1. Regaining custody; civil remedies
(a) The Secretary of the Department of Cultural Resources or his designated representative or any public official who is the custodian of public records...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 132-6. Inspection and examination of records
(a) Every custodian of public records shall permit any record in the custodian's custody to be inspected and examined at reasonable times and under...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 132-6.1. Electronic data-processing records
(a) After June 30, 1996, no public agency shall purchase, lease, create, or otherwise acquire any electronic data-processing system for the storage, manipulation, or...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 132-6.2. Provisions for copies of public records; fees
(a) Persons requesting copies of public records may elect to obtain them in any and all media in which the public agency is capable...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 132-7. Keeping records in safe places; copying or repairing; certified copies
Insofar as possible, custodians of public records shall keep them in fireproof safes, vaults, or rooms fitted with noncombustible materials and in such arrangement...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 132-8. Assistance by and to Department of Cultural Resources
The Department of Cultural Resources shall have the right to examine into the condition of public records and shall give advice and assistance to...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 132-8.1. Records management program administered by Department of 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 132-8.2. Selection and preservation of records considered essential; making or designation of preservation duplicates; force and effect of duplicates or copies thereof
In cooperation with the head of each State agency and the governing body of each county, municipality, and other subdivision of government, the Department...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 132-9. Access to records
(a) Any person who is denied access to public records for purposes of inspection and examination, or who is denied copies of public records,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 132-10. Qualified exception for geographical information systems
Geographical information systems databases and data files developed and operated by counties and cities are public records within the meaning of this Chapter. The...

Last modified: March 23, 2014