Missouri § 109.210 - Definitions.
Full text of Missouri Revised Statutes of Missouri § 109.210 — Definitions., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 109.210. Definitions.
As used in sections 109.200 to 109.310 the following words and terms have the meanings indicated, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
(1) "Agency", any department, office, commission, board or other unit of state government or any political or administrative subdivisions created for any purpose under the authorities of or by the state of Missouri;
(2) "Boards", the local records board;
(3) "Commission", the state records commission;
(4) "Local record", any record not a state record;
(5) "Record", document, book, paper, photograph, map, sound recording or other material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made or received pursuant to law or in connection with the transaction of official business. Library and museum material made or acquired and preserved solely for reference or exhibition purposes, extra copies of documents preserved only for convenience of reference, and stocks of publications and of processed documents are not included within the definition of records as used in sections 109.200 to 109.310, and are hereinafter designated as "nonrecord" materials;
(6) "Secretary", the secretary of state;
(7) "State record", any record designated or treated as a state record under state law.
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(L. 1965 p. 233 § 2, A.L. 1972 S.B. 376)
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