§ 631.51. Custody.

1.

A County department is the legal custodian of its records and shall retain custody of records deposited in the County Records Center. Records transferred to or acquired by the County Archives shall be under the custody and control of the County Archives rather than the department which created or held them immediately prior to being transferred to the County Records Center.

2.

Records shall be transferred to the County Archives upon the recommendation of the Chief Information Officer, with the approval of the head of the department which has custody of the records and the approval of the County Records Commission.

3.

Records may be permanently removed from the County Archives at the request of the Chief Information Officer or the head of the department which had custody of the records immediately prior to the transfer of those records to the County Archives, subject to the approval of the County Records Commission.

(Act No. 1-1988, § 6; amended by Act No. 188-1991, § 1; L.L. No. 3-1998, § 1)