§ 165-11. Copies of records to be furnished to the Department of Administration. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 165‑11.  Copiesof records to be furnished to the Department of Administration.

(a)        Whenever copies of any State and local public records arerequested by a representative of the Department of Administration in assistingpersons in obtaining any federal, State, local or privately provided benefitsrelating to veterans and their beneficiaries, the official charged with thecustody of any such records shall without charge furnish said representativewith the requested number of certified copies of such records; provided, thatthis section shall not apply to the disclosure of information in certainprivileged and confidential records referred to elsewhere in the GeneralStatutes of North Carolina, which information shall continue to be disclosed inthe manner prescribed by the statute relating thereto.

(b)        No official chargeable with the collection of any fee orcharge under the laws of the State of North Carolina in connection with hisofficial duties shall be held accountable on his official bond or otherwise forany fee or charge remitted pursuant to the provisions of this section. (1967, c. 1060, s. 1; 1973, c. 620, s. 9; 1977, c. 70,s. 27.)