All records made or received by or under the authority of or coming into the custody, control or possession of public officials of this state in the course of their public duties shall not be mutilated, destroyed, transferred, removed, altered or otherwise damaged or disposed of, in whole or in part, except as provided by […]
Upon filing of a certificate of such county or district judge with the clerk of the county, the county commissioners may, with the approval of the judge of the county or district court, of the county purchase from the owners thereof such abstracts, copies, minutes or extracts, or such part thereof as may tend to […]
Except as otherwise provided by law, no state record shall be destroyed or otherwise disposed of unless it is determined by the Archives and Records Commission that the record has no further administrative, legal, fiscal, research or historical value. Added by Laws 1961, p. 499, § 10, eff. Jan. 2, 1962. Amended by Laws 1989, […]
Nonrecord materials or materials not included within the definition of records as contained in this act may, if not otherwise prohibited by law, be destroyed at any time by the agency in possession of such materials with the prior approval of the Administrator. The Administrator may formulate procedures and interpretation to guide in the disposition […]
The Administrator shall promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary or proper to effectuate the purposes of this act, except that rules and regulations relating to the disposal of records pursuant to Section 10 of this act shall be issued jointly by the Administrator and the Archives and Records Commission. Added by Laws 1961, […]
The Administrator shall make a biennial report to the Governor for transmission to the Legislature. The report shall describe the status and progress of programs established pursuant to this act and shall include the recommendations of the Administrator for improvements in the management of records in the state government. Added by Laws 1961, p. 500, […]
(a) When a state agency institutes a records management program under the provisions of this act it is hereby authorized and directed to furnish the Administrator with as many persons in its employ as he considers necessary to carry on the program, and such employees shall be under his direction and supervision while performing the […]
The provisions of the Records Management Act, Section 201 et seq. of this title shall not affect and are cumulative to other statutory provisions pertaining to the disposition of records. Added by Laws 1961, p. 500, § 15, eff. Jan. 2, 1962. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 367, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 1989.
A. Notwithstanding any other law prohibiting the transfer or disposal of state records, a state agency may transfer copies of state records made or received by the agency pertaining to the April 19, 1995, bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to the Oklahoma City National Memorial Foundation, a not-for-profit […]
Any owner of said abstracts, copies or minutes shall have the right to file a petition at any regular term of the county or district court of the county, in which petition he shall set forth the manner in which such abstracts, copies or minutes were made or procured, and if the court shall find […]
Said abstracts, copies, minutes and extracts, or said copies thereof, if so bought as aforesaid, shall thereupon be placed in the office of the register of deeds of such county, to be copied, and arranged in such form as the county commissioners shall deem best for the public interest, and in case the originals have […]
It shall be the duty of the register of deeds of such county to furnish to any parties requesting it (upon being paid the charges herein provided for) certified copies of the same, or parts thereof; and for the purpose of repaying the cost of the same to the county, the county commissioners may fix […]
In all causes in which any abstracts, copies, minutes and extracts, or copies thereof, shall be received in evidence under any of the provisions of this article, all deeds or other instruments of writing appearing thereby to have been executed by any person, shall be presumed to have been executed and acknowledged according to law; […]
As used in this act, “business” includes every kind of private business, profession, occupation, calling or operation of private institutions, whether carried on for profit or not. “Persons” means an individual, partnership, corporation, or any other association. “Record” or “business records” include books of account, vouchers, documents, canceled checks, payrolls, correspondence, records of sales, personnel, […]
Unless a specific period is designated by law for their preservation, business records which persons by the law of this state are required to keep or preserve may be destroyed after the expiration of three (3) years from the making of such records without constituting an offense under such laws. This section does not apply […]
If in regular course of business a person makes reproductions of original business records, the preservation of such reproductions constitutes compliance with any laws of this state requiring that business records be kept or preserved. Added by Laws 1965, c. 453, § 3.
Nothing in this act shall be construed to diminish the authority of an officer of this state under existing law to permit the destruction of business records. Added by Laws 1965, c. 453, § 4.
This act shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it. Added by Laws 1965, c. 453, § 5.
This act may be cited as the Uniform Preservation of Private Business Records Act. Added by Laws 1965, c. 453, § 6.
In case of the destruction by fire or otherwise of the records, or any part thereof, of any district court, the judge of such court may proceed upon his own motion, or upon application in writing of any party in interest, to restore the records, papers and proceedings of his court relating to the estate […]
