Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 314 – Records; inspection; destruction
(a) The Commissioner shall carefully preserve in the Department and in permanent form all papers and records relating to the business of the Department and shall hand the same over to the successor in office.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 314
- Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. Source: OCC
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) The Commissioner shall permit inspection of the papers, records, and filings in the Department in accordance with this State‘s Freedom of Information Act laws (Chapter 100 of Title 29).
(c) The Commissioner may destroy unneeded or obsolete records and filings in the Department in accordance with provisions and procedures applicable to administrative agencies of this State in general.
(d) Nothing in this title shall prohibit the storage of documents and records by use of electronic means or media.
18 Del. C. 1953, § ?317; 56 Del. Laws, c. 380, § ?1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 185, § ?1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1; 83 Del. Laws, c. 312, § 1;