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Statutes > North-carolina > Chapter_114 > GS_114-19_7§ 114‑19.7. Criminal record checks requiredprior to placement for adoption of a minor who is in the custody or placementresponsibility of a county department of social services.
The Department of Justice may provide to the Division of SocialServices, Department of Health and Human Services, the criminal history fromthe State and National Repositories of Criminal Histories as defined in G.S. 48‑1‑101(5a).The Division shall provide to the Department of Justice, along with therequest, the fingerprints of any individual to be checked, any additionalinformation required by the Department of Justice, and a form consenting to thecheck of the criminal record and to the use of fingerprints and otheridentifying information required by the State or National Repositories signedby the individual to be checked. The fingerprints of the individual shall beforwarded to the State Bureau of Investigation for a search of the State'scriminal history record file, and the State Bureau of Investigation shallforward a set of fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for anational criminal history record check. The Division shall keep all informationpursuant to this section privileged, as provided in G.S. 48‑3‑309(f).The Department of Justice shall charge a reasonable fee only for conducting thechecks of the national criminal history records authorized by this section. (1998‑229, s. 16; 2003‑214, s. 1(2); 2005‑114, s. 3.)
