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§ 132-1 PUBLIC RECORDS 072
<br /> § 132-9
<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: 51;cities of Hickory and Conover: 1987,
<br /> 1987, c. 472, s. 1(c); Carteret: 1987, c. c. 319, s. 1; town of Beech Mountain:
<br /> 375, s. 4(c); Currituck: 1987, c. 209, s. 1987, c. 376, s. 2(a); town of Blowing
<br /> 1(c);Duplin: 1987,c.317,s.1(c);Gaston: Rock: 1987,c.171,s.1(c);town of Boone:
<br /> 1987, c. 618, s. 1(c); Halifax: 1987, c. 1987, c. 170, s- 1(c); Averasboro Town-
<br /> 377,s.1(c);Henderson:1987,c.172;Lee: ship: 1987, c. 142.
<br /> 1987,c.538,s. 1(c);Lenoir: 1987,c.561, Cross References. - As to diaries
<br /> s. 1(c); Mitchell: 1987, c. 141, s. 1(c); kept in connection with construction or
<br /> Nash: 1987, c. 32; Pasquotank: 1987, c. repair contracts, see § 136-28.5.
<br /> 175, s. 1(c); Pitt: 1987, c. 143, s. 1(c); Editor's Note. - By virtue of Session
<br /> Rowan: 1987, c. 379, s. 1(c); Wilson: Laws 1987,c. 172,the local modification
<br /> 1987,c.484,s.1(c);Yancey:1987,c.140, for Henderson by Session Laws 1985
<br /> s. 1(c); city of Elizabeth City: 1987, c. (Reg. Sess. 1986), c. 962 should be de-
<br /> 175, s. 1(c); city of Greensboro: 1987, c. 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; 1987, c.
<br /> 835, s. 1.)
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<br /> Effect of Amendments.--The 1987
<br /> amendment, effective August 14, 1987,
<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 r .
<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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