Section 58-33-48 - Criminal history record checks(a) An applicant for an insurance producer or limited representative license under this Article shall furnish the Commissioner with a complete set of the applicant's fingerprints in a manner prescribed by the Commissioner. The applicant's fingerprints shall be certified by an authorized law enforcement officer. The fingerprints of every applicant shall be forwarded to the State Bureau of Investigation for a search of the applicant's criminal history record file, if any. If warranted, the State Bureau of Investigation shall forward a set of the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history record check. An applicant shall pay the cost of the State and any national criminal history record check of the applicant.(b) The Commissioner shall keep all information pursuant to this section privileged, in accordance with applicable State law and federal guidelines, and the information shall be confidential and shall not be a public record under Chapter 132 of the General Statutes.(c) This section does not apply to any of the following: (1) A person applying for renewal or continuation of a home state insurance producer license or a nonresident insurance producer license.(2) A person applying for a limited line credit insurance producer license. ...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-33-48
Amended by 2022 N.C. Sess. Laws 46,s. 13-a, eff. 7/7/2022.Amended by 2019 N.C. Sess. Laws 85,s. 1, eff. 10/1/2019.Added by 2009 N.C. Sess. Laws 566,s. 4, eff. 10/1/2010.