18 NCAC 12 .1204             DISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION IN G.S. 120C-401 FILINGS FOR WHICH THERE IS NO CONFIDENTIALITY REQUEST

(a)  Unless the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Rule apply, the Department shall disclose information for which there is not a confidentiality request presented to the Department pursuant to G.S. 120C-401 before or at the time documents are submitted to the Department.

(b)  If the Department has not already made a document public and a confidentiality request pursuant to G.S. 120C-401 is submitted, the Department shall hold the covered information confidential as requested.

(c)  A payee address designated as confidential pursuant to a G.S. 50B order and pursuant to G.S. 120C-401(h) remains confidential until the Department receives:

(1)           A signed, notarized request from the payee to remove the confidentiality designation; or

(2)           A copy of a court order directing removal of confidential address status.

(d)  A payee address designated as confidential pursuant to the Address Confidentiality Program under Chapter 15C of the General Statutes and pursuant to G.S. 120C-401(h) remains confidential until the Department receives:

(1)           A signed, notarized request from the payee to remove the confidentiality designation; or

(2)           A written notification from the Attorney General issued pursuant to Chapter 15C modifying the payee's address under the program or canceling the payee's participation in the program.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 120C-101(a); 120C-101(b); 120C-401(h); 120C-600;

Temporary Adoption Eff. January 1, 2007;

Eff. December 1, 2007;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. September 23, 2017.