IDENTITY THEFT PROTECTION ACT OF 2005
NCGS §132-1.8(g)(1):
Any person preparing or filing a document for recordation or filing in the official records may
not include a 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 in the document, unless expressly required by law or court order, adopted by the
State Registrar on records of vital events, or redacted so that no more than the last four digits of the
identification number is included.
NCGS §132-1.8(g)(2):
Any person has a right to request a register of deeds or clerk of court to remove, from an image
or copy of an official record placed on a register of deeds' or clerk of court's
Internet Web site available to the general public or on an Internet Web site available to the
general public used by a register of deeds or clerk of court to display public records,
any 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 an official record. The
request must be made in writing and delivered by mail, facsimile, or electronic transmission,
or delivered in person, to 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. No fee will be charged for the
redaction pursuant to such a 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.
The entire Identity Theft Protection Act of 2005 can be found at
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/HTML/S1048v6.html