41-1339. Depository of official
archives
A. The state library is the central depository of all official books, records and
documents not in current use of the various state officers and departments of the state,
the counties and incorporated cities and towns. These materials constitute the state
archives. The state archives shall be carefully kept and preserved, classified,
catalogued and made available for inspection under rules the director adopts.
B. State officers in possession of official state or territorial archives shall
deposit those archives with the state library.
C. Any county, municipal or other public official may either retain or deposit with
the state library for permanent preservation official books, records, documents and
original papers not in current use. The clerk of the superior court shall deposit and the
state archives shall preserve all permanent superior court case files pursuant to court
rules.
D. The state library shall make birth and death records held in the state library
archives available for inspection as follows:
1. Birth records if seventy-five years have passed after the date of birth as
recorded on the birth certificate.
2. Death records if fifty years have passed after the date of death.
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