Alabama § 41-13-23 - Local Government Commission to Make Determination as to County, Municipal, Etc., Records to Be Preserved or Destroyed, Etc., After Microfilming; Classification of Records; Officials Not to Cause Destruction, Etc., of Records Without Prior Approval of Commission.
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§ 41-13-23. Local Government Commission to Make Determination as to County, Municipal, Etc., Records to Be Preserved or Destroyed, Etc., After Microfilming; Classification of Records; Officials Not to Cause Destruction, Etc., of Records Without Prior Approval of Commission.
The Local Government Records Commission shall be charged with the responsibility of determining which county, municipal, and other local government records shall be permanently preserved because of historical value and which county, municipal, and other local government records may be destroyed or otherwise disposed of after they have been microfilmed. The commission may classify the different types of records accordingly.
No county, municipal, or other local government official shall cause any county, municipal, or other local government record to be destroyed or otherwise disposed of without first obtaining the approval of the Local Government Records Commission.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 41-13-23 ("Local Government Commission to Make Determination as to County, Municipal, Etc., Records to Be Preserved or Destroyed, Etc., After Microfilming; Classification of Records; Officials Not to Cause Destruction, Etc., of Records Without Prior Approval of Commission.") is part of the Code of Alabama, the codified statutory law of Alabama. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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