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5-15-5.1-7. Archives Available for Public Use, Subject to Need for Preservation; Furnishing Copies of Archival Materials

Sec. 7. The administration shall make the archives of the state available for public use under supervised control at reasonable hours. However, the administration shall weigh the need for preservation from deterioration or mutilation of original records in establishing access use to such items. The administration shall furnish copies of archival materials upon request, unless […]

5-15-5.1-10. Duties of Agencies and Local Governments

Sec. 10. (a) Each agency and local government shall: (1) Make and preserve records containing adequate and proper documentation of the organization, functions, policies, decisions, procedures, and essential transactions of the agency and local government to protect the legal and financial rights of the government and of persons directly affected by the agency’s activities and […]

5-15-5.1-11. Title to Records

Sec. 11. Title to any record transferred to the Indiana state archives as authorized by this chapter or IC 5-15-6 shall be vested in the administration. However, title to any record deposited in the Indiana state records center shall remain with the agency transferring that record. As added by Acts 1979, P.L.40, SEC.1. Amended by […]

5-15-5.1-12. Critical Records Program

Sec. 12. The administration shall establish and maintain a critical records program for the state of Indiana. It shall determine what records are essential to the continuity of state and local government operations and shall survey agency and local government records to identify those records. The administration shall plan and implement a program for protection […]

5-15-5.1-13. Confidential Records; Destruction

Sec. 13. Records designated as confidential by law shall be so treated by the administration in the maintenance, storage, transfer, or other disposition of those records. Confidential records scheduled for destruction shall be destroyed in such a manner that they cannot be read, interpreted, or reconstructed. As added by Acts 1979, P.L.40, SEC.1. Amended by […]

5-15-5.1-15. Public Official’s Delivery of Records to Successor; Deposit of Records With Archives and Records Administration Upon Termination of State Agency or Local Government

Sec. 15. (a) A public official who has the custody of any records, excluding personal records, shall at the expiration of the public official’s term of office or appointment, deliver to the public official’s successor, or to the administration if there is no successor, all materials defined as records by this chapter. (b) Upon the […]