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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 148-76 (2026)

Duties of Records Section

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The Records Section shall maintain the combined case records and receive and collect fingerprints, photographs, and other information to assist in locating, identifying, and keeping records of criminals. The information collected shall be classified, compared, and made available to law-enforcement agencies, courts, correctional agencies, or other officials requiring criminal identification, crime statistics, and other information respecting crimes and criminals. (1925, c. 228, s. 3; 1953, c. 55, s. 4; 1967, c. 996, s. 12.)

 

§ 148-77:  Repealed by Session Laws 2012-168, s. 5(a), effective July 12, 2012.

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1972–2025 · leading case: State v. Cummings, 536 S.E.2d 36 (N.C. 2000).
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State v. Cummings, 536 S.E.2d 36 (N.C. 2000). · cites it 9× “N.C.G.S. § 148-76 (1999). The statute specifically provides that “[t]he information collected shall be classified, compared, and made available to law-enforcement agencies, courts, correctional agencies, or other officials requiring criminal identification, crime statistics, and…”
In re E.D., 827 S.E.2d 450 (N.C. 2019). · cites it 3× “2d 36 , 46 (2000) (discussing how a "statutory mandate" found in N.C.G.S. § 148-76 (1999) allowed the prosecution to subpoena defendant's prison records but not addressing whether any alleged violation of the "statutory mandate" was automatically preserved as an issue for…”
Goble v. Bounds, 186 S.E.2d 638 (N.C. Ct. App. 1972). · cites it 2× “148-74 and G.S. 148-76 the trial court was correct. G.”
State v. Rich, 484 S.E.2d 394 (N.C. 1997). “I think, under the statute, G.S. 148-76, [the prosecutor] is entitled to his prison records; however, these thirteen pages relate to matters that might interfere with the defendant’s defense in the case.”
Dale v. Barnes (M.D.N.C. 2024). · cites it 2× “Section 148-76 provides that “[t]he Records Section shall maintain the combined case records and receive and collect fingerprints, photographs, and other information to assist in locating, identifying, and keeping records of criminals.”
Taylor v. Doe 1 (W.D.N.C. 2025). · cites it 2× “Defendants argue that these documents contain prison records which are made confidential under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 148-76 and not subject to public inspection.”
Goodman v. Moose (W.D.N.C. 2024). “§ 148-76 . [See Doc. 39: Seal Memo.]. However, at least ten of the pages that the Defendants seek to seal appear to be public information.”
Griffith v. Keller, 691 S.E.2d 766 (N.C. Ct. App. 2010). “] § 148-76 states the information collected shall be made available to law enforcement agencies, courts, correctional agencies, or other officials requiring criminal identification, crime statistics, and other information respecting crimes and criminals.”
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