TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES
DIVISION 6: BANKING AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
§ 6453. Right to Privacy. The right to privacy and the right to financial privacy protected by the Covenant, incorporating the terms of Constitution of the United States, and N.M.I. Const. art. I, § 10, of every customer of every bank shall be respected by each director, officer, agent, employee or any person employed or retained in any capacity by the bank within or without the Commonwealth and neither they nor any one of them disclose any financial records of any customer that may come into their possession to any governmental authority or any other person, except in full compliance with the provisions of 4 CMC § 6454. However, nothing shall preclude a bank from sharing credit information normally shared between lenders, nor sharing information with its chosen auditor as is necessary to conduct a bank audit according to generally accepted accounting principles, nor sharing information with the Director of Banking as required under the dormant account laws and regulations under 4 CMC § 6513. Source: PL 3-104, § 702, modified; repealed and re-enacted by PL 18-69 § 6 (Dec. 4, 2014), modified. Commission Comment: The Commission corrected the citation to N.M.I. Const. art. I, § 10 pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(g). The Commission corrected the capitalization of the word “dormant” pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(f).