Kansas Statutes 45-403. Government records are public property; destruction prohibited, except as permitted by retention and disposition schedules
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 45-403
- Board: means the state records board established pursuant to Kan. See Kansas Statutes 45-402
- Government records: means all volumes, documents, reports, maps, drawings, charts, indexes, plans, memoranda, sound recordings, microfilms, photographic records and other data, information or documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, storage media or condition of use, made or received by an agency in pursuance of law or in connection with the transaction of official business or bearing upon the official activities and functions of any governmental agency. See Kansas Statutes 45-402
- Local agency: means any department, board, commission, officer or authority of a county, city, township, school district or other tax-supported governmental subdivision of the state. See Kansas Statutes 45-402
- Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- Retention and disposition schedules: means lists of series of government records, prepared pursuant to Kan. See Kansas Statutes 45-402
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
(a) All government records made or received by and all government records coming into the custody, control or possession of a state or local agency, in the course of its public duties, and all government records deposited in the state archives, shall be public property and shall not be mutilated, destroyed, transferred, removed, damaged or otherwise disposed of, in whole or in part, except as provided by law, or as may be authorized in the retention and disposition schedules.
(b) Authority for the disposition of records on a continuing basis approved for state agencies by the state records board, or for county officers by the state archivist, prior to adoption of this act shall be null and void, after adoption of the appropriate retention and disposition schedules.