Sec. 14.18.03.02. Collection Policy

A. A local archives may collect the records of a:

(1) County executive's office and its departments;

(2) County council and its departments;

(3) Board of county commissioners;

(4) County administrative offices; and

(5) Municipal government offices.

B. The State Archives is the official repository for permanent records of the following agencies, whose records may not be deposited in a local archives:

(1) Circuit courts, clerks of the circuit courts, and their predecessor agencies;

(2) Registers of wills, orphans courts, and their predecessor agencies;

(3) District courts and their predecessor agencies;

(4) State agencies and their predecessor agencies, including but not limited to those:

(a) That have county or other local offices, and

(b) Whose functions were administered by county or other local agencies before the formation of the State agency, such as the State Department of Assessments and Taxation, State Administrative Board of Election Laws, and Maryland Department of Health.