2006 Utah Code - 63-2-905 — Records declared property of the state -- Disposition.

     63-2-905.   Records declared property of the state -- Disposition.
     (1) All records created or maintained by a governmental entity of the state are the property of the state and shall not be mutilated, destroyed, or otherwise damaged or disposed of, in whole or part, except as provided in this chapter.
     (2) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (b), all records created or maintained by a political subdivision of the state are the property of the state and shall not be mutilated, destroyed, or otherwise damaged or disposed of, in whole or in part, except as provided in this chapter.
     (b) Records which constitute a valuable intellectual property shall be the property of the political subdivision.
     (c) The state archives may, upon request from a political subdivision, take custody of any record series of the political subdivision. A political subdivision which no longer wishes to maintain custody of a record which must be retained under the political subdivision's retention schedule or the state archive's retention schedule shall transfer it to the state archives for safekeeping and management.
     (3) It is unlawful for a governmental entity or political subdivision to intentionally mutilate, destroy, or otherwise damage or dispose of a record series knowing that such mutilation, destruction, or damage is in contravention of the political subdivision's or the state archive's properly adopted retention schedule.

Amended by Chapter 99, 1994 General Session