Pennsylvania § 4322 Destruction and disposition of obsolete records

Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 4322 — Destruction and disposition of obsolete records

Pennsylvania § 4322

JurisdictionPennsylvania

Title 42JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE

PartPART V

Ch. 43DOCKETS, INDICES AND OTHER RECORDS

Subch.DISPOSITION OF OBSOLETE RECORDS

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42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 4322 (2026).

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(a)General rule.--Any person required to maintain records pursuant to Subchapter A (relating to establishment, maintenance and effect of judicial records) may destroy such records in conformity with this subchapter and the general rules prescribed hereunder. No such person shall be held liable on his official bond, or in the way of damages for loss, or in any other manner, civil or criminal, because of the destruction of records as authorized pursuant to this subchapter.

(b)Historical documents.--Any original records which are of historical value as may be determined by the City Archivist, in the case of City and County of Philadelphia, or by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, in the case of any other county, shall be transferred to the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum

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(a) General rule.--Any person required to maintain records pursuant to Subchapter A (relating to establishment, maintenance and effect of judicial records) may destroy such records in conformity with this subchapter and the general rules prescribed hereunder. No such person shall be held liable on his official bond, or in the way of damages for loss, or in any other manner, civil or criminal, because of the destruction of records as authorized pursuant to this subchapter.

(b) Historical documents.--Any original records which are of historical value as may be determined by the City Archivist, in the case of City and County of Philadelphia, or by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, in the case of any other county, shall be transferred to the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission or to such other depositories as may be designated by the commission.