04 NCAC 24E .0104. PAYMENT OF FEES

(a)  Payment of fees as set forth in Rule .0103 of this Section shall be made by cash, money order or certified check. An agency of state or federal government, a county or municipality may pay by its draft.

(b)  If payment did not accompany the request, the Certified Paralegal shall send to the requester an invoice for all fees due. Payment of all fees shall be received prior to the Certified Paralegal furnishing the information or record to the requester.  Under exigent circumstances requiring immediate release of information to local or federal law enforcement personnel, the Certified Paralegal shall release the information upon a written assurance of future payment.

(c)  Except for the transcript fee mandated by G.S. 96-15(f), no fees shall be charged for those records or documents furnished to the parties to proceedings before DES to the extent such records or documents are necessary for a proper case presentation or defense connected with a contested claim for unemployment insurance benefits or a contested determination of tax (contributions) liability.

(d)  No fees shall be charged to the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation for searching and copying records when requested in writing by the Bureau if it asserts that such records are necessary for an official investigation in progress.

(e)  The Certified Paralegal shall send an invoice.  The invoice will instruct the requester to submit the fee to the North Carolina Department of Commerce, Division of Employment Security, ATTN: Finance and Budget, Post Office Box 25903, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 96-4(d); 96-4(x); 20 CFR 603;

Eff. June 1, 2013.