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Arizona
- Public Records Standards and Laws
http://www.lib.az.us/records/laws.cfmAlabama
- State Records Retention Law
http://www.archives.alabama.gov/officials/state1.html- Local Government Records Retention Law
http://www.archives.alabama.gov/officials/local.html- Open Meetings Act
http://alisdb.legislature.state.al.us/acas/CodeOfAlabama/1975/154883.htm- Open Records Act
http://alisdb.legislature.state.al.us/acas/CodeOfAlabama/1975/36-12-40.htmColorado
- Colorado Laws Concerning Public Records
http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/arcopen.htmlConnecticut
- GL M 97-1 PA 97-89 "An Act Concerning the Recording,
Copying and Maintenance of Certain Public Records"
http://www.cslib.org/image.htm- Required Minimum Microfilming Standards for Public Records;
Disposition of Original Records: Policy Statement, General Letter 96-2
http://www.cslib.org/micro.htmDelaware
- Delaware Freedom of Information Act
http://www.delcode.state.de.us/title29/c100/- Delaware Public Records Law
http://archives.delaware.gov/govsvcs/records_policies/de%20public%20records%20law.shtmlGeorgia
- Summary of Georgia Record Keeping Laws
http://www.sos.state.ga.us/archives/who_are_we/rims/
best_practices_resources/summary_georgia_record_keeping_laws.htm- Georgia Records Act
http://www.sos.state.ga.us/archives/who_are_we/rims/
best_practices_resources/georgia_records_act.htm- Open Records Act
http://www.sos.state.ga.us/archives/who_are_we/rims/
best_practices_resources/open_records_act.htm- Georgia Microforms Act
http://www.sos.state.ga.us/archives/who_are_we/rims/
best_practices_resources/microforms_act.htmIllinois
- The State Records Act (5 ILCS 160)
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=86&ChapAct=
5 ILCS 160/&ChapterID=2&ChapterName=
GENERAL+PROVISIONS&ActName=State+Records+Act.- The Local Records Act (50 ILCS ACT 205)
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=699&ChapAct=
50 ILCS 205/&ChapterID=11&ChapterName=
LOCAL+GOVERNMENT&ActName=Local+Records+Act.- Illinois School Student Records Act (105 ILCS 10)
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=1006&ChapAct=
105 ILCS 10/&ChapterID=17&ChapterName=
SCHOOLS&ActName=Illinois+School+Student+Records+Act.- Filmed Records Reproduction Act (5 ILCS 170)
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=88&ChapAct=
5 ILCS 170/&ChapterID=2&ChapterName=
GENERAL+PROVISIONS&ActName=Filmed+Records+Reproduction+Act.- Filmed Records Certification Act (50 ILCS 210)
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=700&ChapAct=
50 ILCS 210/&ChapterID=11&ChapterName=
LOCAL+GOVERNMENT&ActName=Filmed+Records+Certification+Act.- Filmed Records Destruction Act (50 ILCS 215)
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=701&ChapAct=
50 ILCS 215/&ChapterID=11&ChapterName=
LOCAL+GOVERNMENT&ActName=Filmed+Records+Destruction+Act.- Freedom of Information Act (5 ILCS ACT 140)
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=85&ChapAct=
5 ILCS 140/&ChapterID=2&ChapterName=
GENERAL+PROVISIONS&ActName=Freedom+of+Information+Act.Indiana
- Indiana's Public Records: The Legal Framework of Records
and Information Management in State Government
http://www.in.gov/icpr/records_management/pubs/legal.pdfMaine
- Rules for Disposition of Local Government Records
ftp://ftp.state.me.us/pub/sos/cec/rcn/apa/29/255/255c010.docMassachusetts
- Public Records Law (PDF, 216k)
http://www.sec.state.ma.us/pre/prepdf/pubreclaw.pdf- A Guide to the Massachusetts Public Records Law (PDF, 508k)
http://www.sec.state.ma.us/pre/prepdf/guide.pdfNevada
- Nevada Administrative Code - Records of State Agencies
http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/nsla/records/nac.htmNew Jersey
- New Jersey Public Records Related Legislation
http://www.njarchives.org/links/legislation.html- New Jersey Open Public Records Act
http://www.state.nj.us/opra/- New Jersey Administrative Code Title 15
Department of State Chapter 3 Records Management
Complete text of N.J.A.C. 15:3 in PDF format [767kb]
http://www.njarchives.org/links/pdf/njac-15-3.pdf
- Summary history of N.J.A.C. 15:3
http://www.njarchives.org/links/njac-15-3.html- N.J.A.C. 15:3 Subchapter 1: General Provisions
http://www.njarchives.org/links/njac-15-3-1.html- N.J.A.C. 15:3 Subchapter 2: Records Retention
http://www.njarchives.org/links/njac-15-3-2.html- N.J.A.C. 15:3 Subchapter 3: Standards for Microfilming of Public Records
http://www.njarchives.org/links/njac-15-3-3.html- N.J.A.C. 15:3 Subchapter 4: Image Processing of Public Records
http://www.njarchives.org/links/njac-15-3-4.html- N.J.A.C. 15:3 Subchapter 5: Certification of Imaging Processing Systems
http://www.njarchives.org/links/njac-15-3-5.html- N.J.A.C. 15:3 Subchapter 6: Records Storage
http://www.njarchives.org/links/njac-15-3-6.htmlNew Mexico
- Governing statutes
http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/info/statutes.htmNew York
- Laws and Regulations Relating to Local Government Recordshttp://www.archives.nysed.gov/a/records/mr_laws_local.shtml
North Carolina
- Guidelines for Public Records
http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/records/guidelines.htmOhio
- Ohio Public Records Laws and Legislation
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/lgr/lawsandlegislation.html- Sections of the Ohio Revised Code respecting the creation,
maintenance, preservation, transfer, and disposal of records.
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/statearc/orc.htmlOregon
- Oregon Administrative Rules
http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/banners/rules.htmRhode Island
- Records Laws: State records
http://www.sec.state.ri.us/Archives/pra/laws- Records Laws: Local government records
http://www.sec.state.ri.us/Archives/lgrp/laws- Study of Access to Public Records in Cities and Towns of Rhode Island
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Taubman_Center/foi_html/Default.htmSouth Carolina
- South Carolina Public Records Act
http://www.state.sc.us/scdah/praf.htmTexas
- State Records Management Laws
http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/slrm/recordspubs/stbull04.htmlUtah
- Government Records Access and Management Act (GRAMA)
http://www.archives.state.ut.us/main/index.php?module=Pagesetter&func=viewpub&tid=1&pid=196Virginia
- Virginia Public Records Act
http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwedo/vprareview.htm