§ 9-1-302 — Powers and duties; custodian of public records; preservation of proclamations of governor; removal of public documents prohibited; exceptions

Wyoming § 9-1-302

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 09: Administration of the Government
• Ch. 1: STATE OFFICERS
• Art. 3: SECRETARY OF STATE

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(a) The secretary of state is the custodian of, and shall
preserve:
(i) All the public records, documents, acts and
resolutions of the legislatures of the territory and state of
Wyoming;
(ii) All proclamations of the governor proclaiming
the effectiveness of constitutional amendments, corporate
revocations and any other proclamation designated as a permanent
record by the governor. The secretary of state shall preserve
all other proclamations of the governor for one (1) year and
then deliver them to the department of state parks and cultural
resources for destruction or preservation as it deems desirable;
(iii) Property of the state when no other provision
is made by law;
(iv) Copies of all clemency documents signed by the
governor, including pardons, commutations of sentence,
reprieves, remissions of fine or forfeiture, and restorations of
civil rights;
(v) Copies of all restorations of rights filed
pursuant to W.S. 7-13-105(a) and (f).
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the
secretary of state shall not permit any original paper or public
document, filed in the office, to be taken out of it unless
called for by a resolution of either house of the legislature or
for the examination of the governor. The secretary of state may
store any original paper or public document, filed in the
office, in any other state building within the capital city if
the storage will protect the papers or documents from
destruction and unauthorized access to the same or greater
extent than storage in the office of the secretary of state.