Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 517 – Standards for methods and materials used for public records
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(a) All custodians of public records of this State and the political subdivisions thereof, whose duty it shall be to create any public record, shall not use or permit to be used for recording purposes, any materials or methods which do not meet standards of quality established by the Delaware Public Archives.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 517
- Public record: means any document, book, photographic image, electronic data recording, paper, sound recording or other material regardless of physical form or characteristics, including electronic records created or maintained in electronic information systems, made, used, produced, composed, drafted or otherwise compiled or collected or received in connection with the transaction of public business or in any way related to public purposes by any officer or employee of this State or any political subdivision thereof. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 502
- 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 Delaware Public Archives may require that certain records shall be kept on permanent-durable paper. The Delaware Public Archives may require the microfilming of records that are not produced on permanent-durable paper.
(c) The Delaware Public Archives shall make available, upon request, its standards of quality for methods and materials.