Indiana § 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

Indiana Statutes

§ 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

Indiana § 5-15-5.1-15

Title 5STATE AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION

Art. 15PRESERVATION OF PUBLIC RECORDS

Ch. 5.1Indiana Archives and Records Administration

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Ind. Code § 5-15-5.1-15 (2026).

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(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 termination of a state agency or local government whose functions have not been transferred to another agency or local government the records of the state agency or local government shall be deposited with the administration. The administration shall determine which records are of sufficient legal, historical, administrative, research or fiscal value to warrant their continued preservation. Records that are determined to be of insufficient value to warrant continued prese

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(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 termination of a state agency or local government
whose functions have not been transferred to another agency or local
government the records of the state agency or local government shall
be deposited with the administration. The administration shall
determine which records are of sufficient legal, historical,
administrative, research or fiscal value to warrant their continued
preservation. Records that are determined to be of insufficient value to
warrant continued preservation shall be disposed of or destroyed.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.40, SEC.1. Amended by
P.L.171-2015, SEC.25.