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<br />§ 132-1 PUBLIC RECORDS
<br />Chapter 132.
<br />Public Records.
<br />Sec. Sec.
<br />132-6. Inspection and examination of 132-9. Access to records.
<br />records.
<br />§ 132-1. «Public records" defined.
<br />Local Modification. - Caldwell:
<br />1987, c. 472, s. 1(c); Carteret: 1987, c.
<br />375, s. 4(c); Currituck: 1987, c. 209, s.
<br />1(c); Duplin: 1987, c. 317, s. 1(c); Gaston:
<br />1987, c. 618, s. lfc); Halifax: 198?, c.
<br />377, s. 1(c); Henderson: 1987, c. 172; Lee:
<br />1987, c. 538, s. 1(c); Lenoir: 1987, c. 561,
<br />s. 1(c); MitchelL• 1987, c. 141, s. 1(c);
<br />Nash: 1987, c. 32; Pasquotank: 1987, c.
<br />175, s. 1(c); Pitt: 1987, c. 143, s. 1(c);
<br />Rowan: 1987, c. 379, s. 1(c); Wilson:
<br />1987, c. 484, e. 1(c); Yancey: 1987, c. 140,
<br />s. 1(c); city of Elizabeth City: 1987, c.
<br />175, s. 1(c); city of Greensboro: 1987, c.
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<br />§ 132-9
<br />51; cities of Hickory and Conover: 1987,
<br />c. 319, s. 1; town of Beech Mountain:
<br />1987, c. 376, s. 2(a); town of Blowing
<br />Rock: 1987, c. 171, s. 1(c); town of Boone:
<br />1987, c. 170, s. 1(c); Averasboro Town-
<br />ship: 1987, c. 142.
<br />Cross References. - As to diaries
<br />kept in connection with construction or
<br />repair contracts, see § 136-28.5.
<br />Editor's Note. - By virtue of Session
<br />Laws 1987, c. 172, the local modification
<br />for Henderson by Session Laws 1985
<br />(Reg. Sesa. 1986), c. 962 should be de-
<br />leted from the main volume.
<br />§ 132-6. Inspection and examination of records.
<br />Every person having custody of public records shall permit them
<br />to be inspected and examined at reasonable times and under his
<br />supervision by any person, and he shall furnish certified copies
<br />thereof on payment of fees as prescribed by law. Notwithstanding
<br />the foregoing, public records relating to the proposed expansion or
<br />location of specific business or industrial projects In the State may
<br />be withheld so long as their inspection, examination or copying
<br />would frustrate the purpose for which such public records were
<br />created; provided, however, that nothing herein shall be construed
<br />to permit the withholding of public records relating to general eco-
<br />nomic development policies or activities. (1935,. c. 265, s. 6; 19$7, c.
<br />835, s. 1.)
<br />Effect of Amendments. -The 1987
<br />amendment, effective August 14, 198?,
<br />rewrote this section.
<br />132-9. Access to records.
<br />Any person who is denied access to public records for purposes of
<br />inspection, examination or copying may apply to the appropriate
<br />division of the General Court of Justice for an order compelling
<br />disclosure, and the court shall have jurisdiction to issue such or-
<br />ders. In an action to compel disclosure of public records which have
<br />been withheld pursuant to the provisions of G.S. 132-6 concerning
<br />public records relating to the proposed expansion or location of par-
<br />ticular businesses and industrial projects, the burden shall be on
<br />the custodian withholding the records to show that disclosure would
<br />frustrate. the purpose of attracting that particular business or in-
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