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<br />132-1 CH. l3'l. PUBLIC RECORDS
<br />Chapter 132,
<br />Public Records.
<br />Q 6 ~ ~ 132-1
<br />sec. sec.
<br />132.1. "Public records" defined. 132-8. Assistance by and to Depart-
<br />132.1.1. Confidential communications ment of Cultural Re-
<br />by legal counsel to public
<br />board or agency; not public sources.
<br />records. 132-8.1. Records management program
<br />132-2. Custodian designated. administered by Depart-
<br />132.3. Destruction of records regu- ment of Cultural Re-
<br />lated. sources; establishment of
<br />132-4. Disposition of records at end of standards, procedures, etc.;
<br />Q official's term. ~ surveys.
<br />132.5. Demanding custody. 132-~.2. Selection and preservation of
<br />132-5.1. Regaining custody; civil reme- records considered eseen-
<br />dies. tial; makin or deai
<br />132.6. Inspection and examination of B gnation
<br />records, of preservation duplicates;
<br />- 132.7. Keeping records in safe places; force and effect of dupli-
<br />copying or repairing; certi- cafes or copies thereof.
<br />Pied copies. 132-9. Access to records.
<br />$ 132-1. "Public records" defined.
<br />"Public record" or "public records" shall mean all documents,
<br />papers, letters, maps, books, photographs, films, sound recordings,
<br />magnetic or other tapes, electronic data-processing records, arti-
<br />facts, or other documentary material, regardless of physical form or
<br />characteristics, made or received pursuant to law or ordi~iance in
<br />connection with the transaction of public business by any agency of
<br />North Carolina government or its subdivisions. Agency of North
<br />Carolina government or its stddivisions shall mean and include
<br />every public office, public officer or official (State or local, elected or
<br />appointed), institution, board, commission, bureau, council, depart-
<br />ment, authority or other unit of government of the State or of any
<br />county, unit, special district or other political subdivision of govern-
<br />ment. (1935, c. 265, s. 1; 1975, c. 787, s. 1.)
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<br />Local ModiScation. -- Henderson:
<br />1985 fReg. Sess., 1986), c. 962, s. 1; Clay,
<br />Durham, Graham, Jackson, Macon,
<br />Polk, Transylvania: 1985 (Reg. Sess.,
<br />1986), c. 969; McDowell: 1985 (Reg.
<br />Sess., 1986),. c. 892, s. 1; Swain: 1985
<br />(Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 923, s. 1. (as to
<br />Chapter 132) city of Durham: 1985, c.
<br />?27.
<br />Cross References. -- As to records of
<br />education agencies, see 6 115C-3.
<br />Legal Periodicals. -For comment
<br />on public access to government-field
<br />records, see 55 N.C.L. Rev. 1187 (1977).
<br />For a note on the public's access to
<br />public records, see 60 N.C.L. Rev. 853
<br />(1982).
<br />For survey of 1981 administrative
<br />law, see 60 N.C.L. Rev. 1165 (1982).
<br />CASE NOTES
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<br />Chapter Contemplates Disclosure
<br />as Well as Storage. - A presumed leg-
<br />islative intent to mandate the extensive
<br />preservation of public records prescribed
<br />by this Chapter, with storage at public
<br />expense, but to which the public is de-
<br />nied access, is untenable. Preservation
<br />for its own sake, absent access, would be
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