ORS 357.875: Access to public records; privileged information.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
The State Archivist shall be accorded, for the purposes of ORS 357.805 to 357.895, access to and may examine and receive any public records or writings whether or not they are subject to public inspection. The State Archivist shall maintain inviolate any privileged or confidential information so acquired and any record or writing so defined by law. [Formerly 358.070; 1991 c.671 §10]
Administrative rules citing this section
- 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 166-150-0001: 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
- ORS 357.805 — resolved
- 357.895 — resolved
Cited by
- 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.
- OAR 166-020-0010: Duties of Public Records Custodians
- OAR 345-001-0050: Public Records Availability and Fees for Copying
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors357.html