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After the 2015 long session of the
North Carolina General Assembly ended on September 30 2015, there were several laws
enacted which affect the creation of or access to public records, https://ncrecords.wordpress.com/2015/10/07/public-records-impacts-of-the-2015-long-session/
At a time when we often receive more
news about records access being further restricted, with a few “wins” dotting
the landscape, I consider the biggest “victory” for the genealogical community in
the newly passed NC laws to be this one ...
S.L.
2015-218 (HB 184) adds a
section to the Public Records Act (G.S. § 132-11) creating a sunset
provision on the confidentiality of public records. There are five listed
exceptions, but otherwise, confidentiality
expires 100 years after the record was created. (The exceptions
include those records sealed by a court; those prohibited from disclosure by
federal law; those containing Social Security numbers; prison inmate
records; and detailed plans and drawings of public buildings and infrastructure
facilities.) This law also modifies G.S. § 121-25 to declare as
public records “all photographs, video recordings, or other documentary
materials of a derelict vessel or shipwreck or its contents, relics, artifacts,
or historic materials in the custody of any agency of North Carolina government
or its subdivisions.”
Has your state legislature recently passed any laws to
improve records access in your state?
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