ORS 357.825: Acquisition and custody of public records; rules.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) The State Archivist may negotiate for, acquire and receive public records, writings and illustrative materials of value or interest for legal, administrative, fiscal, tribal cultural, historical or research purposes. The State Archivist is constituted official custodian of all such records, writings or materials deposited in, acquired for, or transferred upon requisition by the State Archivist to the custody of the State Archivist for the state archives. (2) The State Archivist shall adopt rules for state agencies and guidelines for local governments relating to the physical care to be afforded public records and the means of public access to public records consistent with their physical safety. (3) The State Archivist by rule shall describe or designate state public records that are to be considered inactive. [Formerly 358.020; 1991 c.671 §8; 2023 c.35 §7]
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 166-010-0000: General — implements
- OAR 166-010-0006: Custody of Records — implements
- OAR 166-017-0010: Definitions — implements
- OAR 166-017-0010: Definitions — authority
- OAR 166-017-0045: Electronic Record as Official Copy of a Public Record — implements
- OAR 166-017-0045: Electronic Record as Official Copy of a Public Record — authority
- OAR 166-020-0005: Purpose — implements
- OAR 166-020-0010: Duties of Public Records Custodians — implements
- OAR 166-020-0015: Storage Area Standards — implements
- OAR 166-025-0005: Purpose and Application of Microfilm Standards Rules — implements
- OAR 166-025-0010: Definitions — implements
- OAR 166-025-0015: Technical Specifications for First-Generation 16 mm, 35 mm, and 105 mm Silver-Gelatin Source Document Roll Microfilm for Permanent and Long-Term Oregon Public Records — implements
- OAR 166-025-0020: Targets and Certifications — implements
- OAR 166-025-0025: Storage of Security Microfilm — implements
- OAR 166-025-0030: Security Copy Depository — implements
- OAR 166-150-0001: Definitions and Applicability — implements
- OAR 166-150-0001: Definitions and Applicability — authority
- OAR 166-150-0005: Administrative Records — implements
- OAR 166-150-0005: Administrative Records — authority
- OAR 166-150-0010: Airport and Seaport Records — implements
- OAR 166-150-0010: Airport and Seaport Records — authority
- OAR 166-150-0015: Assessment and Taxation Records — implements
- OAR 166-150-0015: Assessment and Taxation Records — authority
- OAR 166-150-0020: Building Records — implements
- OAR 166-150-0030: Counsel Records — implements
- OAR 166-150-0035: County Clerk — Elections Records — implements
- OAR 166-150-0035: County Clerk — Elections Records — authority
- OAR 166-150-0040: County Clerk — General Records — implements
- OAR 166-150-0040: County Clerk — General Records — authority
- OAR 166-150-0045: County Court and Commissioners Records — implements
- OAR 166-150-0045: County Court and Commissioners Records — authority
- OAR 166-150-0050: County Fair Records — implements
- OAR 166-150-0050: County Fair Records — authority
- OAR 166-150-0055: County Health — Developmental Disabilities Records — implements
- OAR 166-150-0055: County Health — Developmental Disabilities Records — authority
- OAR 166-150-0060: County Health — Mental Health Records — implements
- OAR 166-150-0065: County Health — Public/Community Health Records — implements
- OAR 166-150-0070: County Health — Sanitation and Waste Management Records — implements
- OAR 166-150-0070: County Health — Sanitation and Waste Management Records — authority
- OAR 166-150-0075: County Health — Vital Statistics Records — implements
- OAR 166-150-0075: County Health — Vital Statistics Records — authority
- OAR 166-150-0080: County Juvenile Department Records — implements
- OAR 166-150-0080: County Juvenile Department Records — authority
- OAR 166-150-0090: County Veterans Service Offices Records — implements
- OAR 166-150-0095: District Attorney Records — implements
- OAR 166-150-0110: Financial Records — implements
- OAR 166-150-0120: Housing and Community Development Records — implements
- OAR 166-150-0125: Information Systems Records — implements
- OAR 166-150-0125: Information Systems Records — authority
- OAR 166-150-0130: Justice and Family Courts — implements
- OAR 166-150-0140: Library Records — implements
- OAR 166-150-0140: Library Records — authority
- OAR 166-150-0155: Payroll Records — implements
- OAR 166-150-0155: Payroll Records — authority
- OAR 166-150-0160: Personnel Records — implements
- OAR 166-150-0165: Planning Records — implements
- OAR 166-150-0165: Planning Records — authority
- OAR 166-150-0166: Property and Facilities Management Records — implements
- OAR 166-150-0166: Property and Facilities Management Records — authority
- OAR 166-150-0167: Public Safety Records — implements
- OAR 166-150-0167: Public Safety Records — authority
- OAR 166-150-0170: Public Works — General Records — implements
- OAR 166-150-0170: Public Works — General Records — authority
- OAR 166-150-0185: Public Works Records — Traffic Engineering and Maintenance Records — implements
- OAR 166-150-0185: Public Works Records — Traffic Engineering and Maintenance Records — authority
- OAR 166-150-0200: Risk Management Records — implements
- OAR 166-150-0205: Surveyor Records — implements
- OAR 166-150-0205: Surveyor Records — authority
- OAR 166-150-0215: Vector Control Records — implements
- OAR 166-200-0410: Definitions and Applicability — implements
- OAR 166-200-0410: Definitions and Applicability — authority
- OAR 166-200-0415: Administrative Records — implements
- OAR 166-200-0415: Administrative Records — authority
- OAR 166-200-0420: Airport Records — implements
- OAR 166-200-0420: Airport Records — authority
- OAR 166-200-0425: Building Records — implements
- OAR 166-200-0425: Building Records — authority
- OAR 166-200-0430: City Recorder/City Clerk - Elections Records — implements
- OAR 166-200-0430: City Recorder/City Clerk - Elections Records — authority
- OAR 166-200-0435: City Recorder/City Clerk - General Records — implements
- OAR 166-200-0435: City Recorder/City Clerk - General Records — authority
- OAR 166-200-0440: Financial Records — implements
- OAR 166-200-0440: Financial Records — authority
- OAR 166-200-0445: Information Systems Records — implements
- OAR 166-200-0445: Information Systems Records — authority
- OAR 166-200-0450: Legal Records — implements
- OAR 166-200-0450: Legal Records — authority
- OAR 166-200-0455: Library Records — implements
- OAR 166-200-0455: Library Records — authority
- OAR 166-200-0460: Mayor/Council Records — implements
- OAR 166-200-0460: Mayor/Council Records — authority
- OAR 166-200-0465: Municipal Court Records — implements
- OAR 166-200-0465: Municipal Court Records — authority
- OAR 166-200-0470: Payroll Records — implements
- OAR 166-200-0470: Payroll Records — authority
- OAR 166-200-0475: Personnel Records — implements
- OAR 166-200-0475: Personnel Records — authority
- OAR 166-200-0480: Planning Records — implements
- OAR 166-200-0480: Planning Records — authority
- OAR 166-200-0490: Public Safety Records — implements
- OAR 166-200-0490: Public Safety Records — authority
- OAR 166-200-0495: Public Works - General Records — implements
- OAR 166-200-0495: Public Works - General Records — authority
- OAR 166-200-0500: Public Works - Traffic Engineering and Maintenance Records — implements
- OAR 166-200-0500: Public Works - Traffic Engineering and Maintenance Records — authority
- OAR 166-200-0505: Risk Management Records — implements
- OAR 166-200-0505: Risk Management Records — authority
- OAR 166-300-0015: Administrative Records — implements
- OAR 166-300-0015: Administrative Records — authority
- OAR 166-300-0017: Board and Commission Records — implements
- OAR 166-300-0017: Board and Commission Records — authority
- OAR 166-300-0020: Facilities/Property Records — implements
- OAR 166-300-0020: Facilities/Property Records — authority
- OAR 166-300-0025: Financial Records — implements
- OAR 166-300-0025: Financial Records — authority
- OAR 166-300-0030: Information Systems Records — implements
- OAR 166-300-0030: Information Systems Records — authority
- OAR 166-300-0035: Payroll Records — implements
- OAR 166-300-0035: Payroll Records — authority
- OAR 166-300-0040: Personnel Records — implements
- OAR 166-300-0040: Personnel Records — authority
- OAR 166-300-0045: Risk Management Records — implements
- OAR 166-300-0045: Risk Management Records — authority
This rule cites
No citations extracted.
Cited by
- ORS 7.010: Records of court; minimum record retention schedules.
- ORS 8.125: Duties to assist Chief Justice and other courts.
- ORS 192.105: State Archivist authorization for state officials to dispose of records; legislative records excepted; local government policy on disposing of public records; limitations; records officer; standards for State Records Center.
- ORS 357.835: Transfer of public records to State Archivist.
- OAR 166-010-0006: Custody of Records
- OAR 166-025-0005: Purpose and Application of Microfilm Standards Rules
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors357.html