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A. The board of supervisors may establish a central records center for the preservation, storage and handling of all records required by law to be kept by county officers and justices of the peace.

B. In any county having a central records center, all county officers and justices of the peace shall deliver to the board of supervisors public records in their custody that are:

1. Required by law to be kept.

2. Of legal, administrative, historical or other value as determined pursuant to section 41-1351.

3. Required to be delivered by the rules adopted by the director of the Arizona state library, archives and public records.

C. County officers and justices of the peace may make and retain copies of records necessary for those officers to perform the duties of their office.

D. Public records in a central records center shall be open to public inspection and be preserved in the manner prescribed by law.