378.245 - Custody and preservation of archival material; removal of material from archives. - Nevada Statutes

378.245  Custody and preservation of archival material; removal of material from archives.

      1.  The State Library and Archives Administrator has custody of and shall carefully preserve in the Division:

      (a) The enrolled copy of the Constitution of the State of Nevada.

      (b) The description of the State Seal and other seals of which a description may be required to be deposited in the Division.

      (c) The proceedings and all papers of the two Constitutional Conventions held for the purpose of framing a Constitution of this State.

      (d) The manuscripts containing the enrolled acts and joint resolutions and journals of the Legislature of this State and the Territory of Nevada.

      (e) The records, papers and documents of Carson County, Utah Territory, and all other books, records and documents which, by the laws of the Territory of Nevada, were required to be deposited and kept in the office of the Secretary of the Territory of Nevada.

      (f) All the books, records, parchments, maps, registers, papers and other material required to be deposited or kept in the Division.

      (g) All expired official bonds approved by the Governor.

      2.  The State Library and Archives Administrator shall not permit the original papers and other material to be taken out of the archives unless he or she determines that the circumstances ensure the safety and integrity of the papers and other material.

      (Added to NRS by 1985, 1490; A 1987, 1165; 1997, 3143)