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IDENTITY THEFT PROTECTION
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IDENTITY THEFT PROTECTION
G.S.132-1.10(f)
“(f )Any person has the right to request that the Department
of the Secretary of State, a register of deeds or clerk of
court remove, from an image or copy of an official record
placed on the Department of the Secretary of State’s, a
register of deeds’ or court’s Internet Website available to
the general public or an Internet Web site available to the
general public used by the Department of the Secretary of
State, a register of deeds or court to display public
records by the Department of the Secretary of State, the
register of deeds or clerk of court, the person’s social
security, employer taxpayer identification, drivers license,
state identification, passport, checking account, savings
account, credit card, or debit card number, or personal
identification (PIN) code or passwords contained in that
official record. The request must be made in writing legibly
signed by the requester, and delivered by mail, facsimile,
or electronic transmission, or delivered in person to the
Department of the Secretary of State, the register of deeds
or clerk of court. The request must specify the personal
information to be redacted, information that identifies the
document that contains the personal information and unique
information that identifies the location within the document
that contains the social security, employer taxpayer
identification, drivers license, state identification,
passport, checking account, savings account, credit card, or
debit card number, or personal identification (PIN) code or
passwords to be redacted. The request for redaction shall be
considered a public record with access restricted to the
Department of the Secretary of State, the register of deeds,
the clerk or court, their staff or upon order of the court.
The Department of the Secretary of State, the register of
deeds or clerk of court shall have no duty to inquire beyond
the written request to verify the identity of a person
requesting redaction and shall have no duty to remove
redaction for any reason upon subsequent request by an
individual or by order of the court, if impossible to do so.
No fee will be charged for the redaction pursuant to such
request. Any person who requests a redaction without proper
authority to do so shall be guilty of an infraction,
punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars
($500.00) for each violation.”
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