Section 15.4. Legal custody of transferred records

Records maintained in an archival repository operated solely by the county or municipal government remain in the legal custody of the governing body of the political subdivision and the independent officers whose records constitute the county or municipal archives.

(1) Since legal custody remains with the office of origin, records may be removed to a county or municipal archives without the permission of the Commission as required by the current disposition procedures authorized by the County and Local Government Records Committees.

(2) In accordance with its overall responsibility for the protection of public records as provided in The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § 74.1005), the Commission will monitor the conditions under which historical local public records are maintained in local public repositories.