§ 5-15-6-2.5 — Retention schedules; records not covered under schedules; exceptions to schedules; documentation of disposition; jurisdiction over records

Indiana § 5-15-6-2.5

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 5: STATE AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION
• Art. 15: PRESERVATION OF PUBLIC RECORDS
• Ch. 6: Local Public Records Commissions

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5. (a) The county commission shall implement
retention schedules for use by local government officials as part of a
records management program for local government public records not
more than thirty (30) days after adoption by the oversight committee on
public records as established by IC 5-15-5.1-18.
(b) All requests to destroy, transfer, or otherwise dispose of records
that are not covered by an approved retention schedule are to be
submitted to the county commission and administration according to
the procedure established under this chapter.
(c) Requests for exceptions to an approved retention schedule shall
be submitted to the county commission. The commission may not
consider requests for retention of records that are shorter in duration
than the approved retention schedule.
(d) Local government officers shall submit documentation of
destruction, transfer, or other disposal of records according to an
approved retention schedule to the county commission with a copy
submitted to the administration.
(e) Whenever a local government includes parts of more than one
(1) county, the commission of the county that contains the greatest
percentage of population of the local government has jurisdiction over
the records of the local government for the purposes of this chapter.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.50-1991, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.84-2012, SEC.18; P.L.171-2015, SEC.35.