West Virginia Code 5A-8-13 – Essential state records – Confidential records
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Any agency subject to this article shall control and at all times be the owner of its records. When a state record is required by law to be treated in a confidential manner and is an essential state record, the agency, in effectuating the purpose of this article with respect to such state record, shall protect its confidential nature.
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 5A-8-13
- Agency: means any department, office, commission, board, or other unit, however designated, of the executive branch of state government. See West Virginia Code 5A-8-3
- Record: means document, electronic file, book, paper, photograph, sound recording, or other material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made or received pursuant to law or ordinance or in connection with the transaction of official state government business. See West Virginia Code 5A-8-3
- State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
- State record: means :
(A) A record of a department, office, commission, board, spending unit, or other agency, however designated, of the state government. See West Virginia Code 5A-8-3