North Carolina General Statutes 143B-955. Criminal record checks of applicants and of current employees who are involved in the manufacture or production of drivers licenses and identification cards
(a) The Department of Public Safety may, upon request, provide to the Department of Transportation, Division of Motor Vehicles, the criminal history from the State and National Repositories of Criminal Histories of the following individuals if the individual (i) is or will be involved in the manufacture or production of drivers licenses and identification cards, or (ii) has or will have the ability to affect the identity information that appears on drivers licenses or identification cards:
(1) An applicant for employment.
(2) A current employee.
(3) A contractual employee or applicant.
(4) An employee of a contractor.
(b) Along with the request, the Division of Motor Vehicles shall provide the following to the Department of Public Safety:
(1) The fingerprints of the person who is the subject of the record check.
(2) A form signed by the person who is the subject of the record check consenting to:
a. The criminal record check.
b. The use of fingerprints.
c. Any other identifying information required by the State and National Repositories.
d. Any additional information required by the Department of Public Safety.
(c) The fingerprints shall be forwarded to the State Bureau of Investigation for a search of the State’s criminal history record file, and the State Bureau of Investigation shall forward a set of fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history record check.
(d) The Division of Motor Vehicles shall keep all information obtained pursuant to this section confidential.
(e) The Department of Public Safety may charge a fee to offset the cost incurred by it to conduct a criminal record check under this section. The fee shall not exceed the actual cost of locating, editing, researching, and retrieving the information. ?(2008-202, s. 1; 2014-100, ss. 17.1(m), (o).)
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 143B-955
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3