§ 9-2-407 — Director; duties regarding public records in his custody

Wyoming § 9-2-407

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 09: Administration of the Government
• Ch. 2: AGENCIES, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND DEPARTMENTS
• Art. 4: STATE ARCHIVES, MUSEUMS AND HISTORICAL DEPARTMENT

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(a) The director shall collect, arrange and make available
to the public at reasonable times in his office in original or
reproduced form, all records in his custody not restricted by
law, including official records of the state and its political
subdivisions, of the United States or of foreign nations. He is
the legal custodian of all public records in the custody of the
commission.
(b) The director may designate an employee of the
department to serve as state archivist who may perform all the
duties of the director under this act with respect to state
records and archives. The director shall furnish certified
copies or photocopies of records in his custody on payment in
advance of fees prescribed by the department. Copies of public
records transferred pursuant to law from the office of their
origin to the custody of the director when certified under seal
by the director to be true, complete and correct have the same
legal force and effect as evidence as if certified by their
original custodian, and shall be admissible in all courts and
before all tribunals the same as the originals thereof.
(c) The director has the right of reasonable access to and
may examine all public records in Wyoming. He shall examine into
and report to the commission on their condition. He shall
require their custodians to put them in the custody and
condition prescribed by law and to secure their custody, the
recovery of records belonging to their offices, the delivery of
records to their successors in office and the adoption of sound
practices relative to the long-term preservation of records.