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Statutes > North-carolina > Chapter_114 > GS_114-19_17§ 114‑19.17. Criminal record checks ofapplicants for permit or license to conduct exploration, recovery, or salvageoperations and archaeological investigations.
The Department of Justice may provide to the Department of CulturalResources from the State and National Repositories of Criminal Histories thecriminal history of any applicant for a permit or license under Article 3 ofChapter 121 of the General Statutes or Article 2 of Chapter 70 of the GeneralStatutes. Along with the request, the Department of Cultural Resources shallprovide to the Department of Justice the fingerprints of the applicant, a formsigned by the applicant consenting to the criminal history record check and useof fingerprints and other identifying information required by the State andNational Repositories, and any additional information required by theDepartment of Justice. The applicant's fingerprints shall be forwarded to theState Bureau of Investigation for a search of the State's criminal historyrecord file, and the State Bureau of Investigation shall forward a set offingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminalhistory record check. The Department of Cultural Resources shall keep allinformation obtained under this section confidential. The Department of Justicemay charge a fee to offset the cost incurred by it to conduct a criminal recordcheck under this section. The fee shall not exceed the actual cost of locating,editing, researching, and retrieving the information. (2005‑367, s. 1.)
