2015 Arkansas Code
Title 13 - Libraries, Archives, And Cultural Resources
Chapter 4 - Public Records Management and Archives
Subchapter 4 - Sheriff's Office Record Retention Schedule
§ 13-4-401 - Retention required -- Destruction.
(a) (1) A county sheriff's office shall maintain the records named in this subchapter for the period of time provided in this subchapter, after which time the records may be destroyed.
(2) (A) In no case shall administrative records be destroyed until at least one (1) year after an audit by Arkansas Legislative Audit or a private auditor is completed and approved.
(B) Any record over fifty (50) years old will not be destroyed before written notice by the custodian of the records in question has been furnished to the Arkansas History Commission, describing the scope and nature of the records, at least sixty (60) days before the destruction of the records.
(b) If a record is photographically or otherwise transferred to other media of a permanent nature, the original document may be destroyed, except that a handwritten record over fifty (50) years old shall not be destroyed.
(c) Before any record is destroyed, the custodian of the record shall document the date and type of document.
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