South Dakota Administrative Rules
Title 24 - EDUCATION
Article 24:52 - School accreditation
Chapter 24:52:11 - Preservation of government records
Section 24:52:11:04 - Destruction of local government records - Archivist must be notified
Governing bodies or agencies of any county, city, town, township, district, authority, public corporation, or political subdivision planning to destroy local records, as defined in subdivision (1) of SDCL 1-27-9, shall notify the archivist 30 days before the date of the proposed destruction. Notification shall include the name or title of the records, inclusive dates, information content of the records, and quantity. If the archivist believes the records should be preserved, the archivist shall arrange for transfer of the records to the archives or to a suitable public records storage facility. Transfer of the records may be made at the expense of the state archivist. This section applies only to the following types of records: records more than 50 years old; records required by the Records Destruction Board to be kept 50 years or longer; annual reports; maps; minutes; and photographs.
General Authority: SDCL 1-18C-12.
Law Implemented: SDCL 1-18C-5, 1-18C-7.
Public records and files, SDCL 1-18C-1(2), 1-27-18, 7-26-3.