Identity Theft Protection Act
NCGS 132-1.8(g)
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.
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.
Click here to download the Public Records Redaction Request form.
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