Tennessee § 10-7-509 - Disposition of records.
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§ 10-7-509. Disposition of records.
The disposition of all state records shall occur only through the process of an approved records disposition authorization. Records authorized for destruction shall be disposed of according to the records disposition authorization and shall not be given to any unauthorized person, transferred to another agency, political subdivision, or private or semiprivate institution. Acts 1978, ch. 544, § 2; T.C.A., § 15-310. Attorney General Opinions. A district attorney general may reformat case files from paper format to electronic format only pursuant to an approved records disposition authorization and may destroy the original paper versions of case files only pursuant to an approved records disposition authorization. OAG 15-80, 2015 Tenn. AG LEXIS 81 (12/17/2015).
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Section 10-7-509 ("Disposition of records.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. 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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