Any public official or employee who shall knowingly and willfully permit any person to have access to or custody or possession of any portion of a personnel file designated as confidential by this Article, unless such person is one specifically authorized by G.S. 126-24 to have access thereto for inspection and examination, 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).
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 126-27
Penalty for permitting access to confidential file by unauthorized person
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 155 N.C. App. 462 - Toomer v. Garrett (2002)
Most recently applied in 215 N.C. App. 429 - McAdams v. North Carolina Department of Transportation (September 2011)
1975, c. 257, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 934; 1994, Ex
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