Below you will find further information regarding a variety of topics related to State and Local Government Records and other records management topics.
Subject | Citation |
Abolition or Disbanding of a State Agency |
NAC 239.750, SAM 0422 |
Archival and Historical Records | NRS 239.090, NRS 378.250 |
Confidential Records |
http://leg.state.nv.us/ NRS INDEX: See “Confidential and Privileged Information” NAC INDEX: See “Confidential Information” |
Confidential Records, Disposal of: |
Executive Branch NAC 239.722 Local Government NAC 239.165 |
Custodian of Records | NRS 52.260 See also: Records Officer |
Definitions |
Record: NRS 52.260 (6)(c) Public record: NRS 52.085, NRS 52.265, NRS 239.010 Official state record: NRS 239.080, NAC 239.705 Ancient document: NRS 52.095 Foreign public document: NRS 52.115 Certified copies of public records: NRS 52.125, NRS 52.165, NRS 52.247, NRS 52.260 |
Disposal of Public Records |
Official State Records NRS 239.080 Local Government Records NRS 239.124, NAC 239.155 |
Electronic Records, Defined |
NRS 52.247, NRS 52.260(6)(c), NRS 239.010, NRS 239.080, NAC 239.705, NAC 239.906 |
Electronic Records, Treatment of | NAC 239.906, NAC 239.914, NAC 239.935 (3) and (4), NAC 239.940, NAC 239.945 |
Imaging of Records | NRS 239.051, SAM 0408.0 |
Libraries | State Library: http://nsla.nv.gov/ |
Micrographics and Imaging | SAM 2052 |
Minutes of Public Bodies | NRS 241.035, NAC 239.850, SAM 0416 |
Nevada Law Library: | http://leg.state.nv.us/ |
Non-Records Defined, |
Local Government NAC 239.051 Defined State Agency NAC 239.705(2) Destruction State Agency, NAC 239.711 |
Personal Information |
Defined, NRS 205.4617, NRS 603A.040 Social Security Numbers, Confidential NRS 239B.030 Databases, Confidential NRS 239B.040 |
Records Management Program, Requirements |
Executive Branch NRS 239.080, NAC 239.696-.699, NRS 378.255, NRS 378.280(1), SAM 0402 Board of Regents: NAC 239.745, SAM 0414 NDOT: NRS 239.085, NRS 378.280(2) Local Government: NRS 239.121-.125, NAC 239.145 |
Records Officer | NAC 239.670, NAC 239.700, SAM 0402 |
Records Official | NRS 239.008 |
Records Retention and Disposition Schedules |
State Agencies: NRS 239.080, NRS 239.085, NRS 239.125, NAC 239.711-.722 Local Governments: NRS 239.125, NAC 239.145, NAC 239.155 |
Records Storage Facilities |
State Records Center NRS 378.255 Standards NAC 239.740 Off-site storage permission NAC 239.740, NAC 239.705 |
State Historical Records Advisory Board (SHRAB): |
NRS 378A |
Unauthorized Destruction of Records | NRS 205.473 to 205.492, NRS 239.080, NRS 239.125, NRS 239.300-.330, NRS 281.180-.190, NRS 603.080-.090 |
Vital Records Protection | NRS 378.255, NAC 239.699, NAC 239.700 |
This glossary provides definitions for many of the records management terms found on this website and in training courses. Note that definitions are specific to the Nevada and the Nevada State Library and Archives.
Active Records - Records that are regularly used for the conduct of the current business of their creator, and therefore, continue to be maintained in office spaces (also called current or working records). |
Agency Specific Retention Schedule - retention schedule governing the disposition of records unique to one agency. |
Archival Records - Records with enduring value that are preserved for reference and research purposes because they contain evidence or information which protects some right or claim, document significant events or functions, or contain sufficient information about people, places, or events to warrant retention for historical research. NRS 378.250 |
Archives - The state records repository responsible for selecting, preserving, and making available archival records. |
Authorization Form - A form sent to the State Records Center by an agency that lists the authorized employees who may access the agency’s records. Also known as the State Records Center - Authorization Form. |
Convenience Copy - A duplicate set of files or documents located near the point of usage for convenience or reference. See also, Non-record. |
Destroy - Means to recycle or shred records in a non-secured manner. To use this method of destruction, the records must not contain any confidential information. |
Destroy Securely - Means deliberately, permanently, irreversibly removing or destroying the records in a secured manner so that the records cannot be reconstructed, in accordance with NAC 239.722. |
Destruction Hold - Suspending the process of routine destruction of records when it is determined that the records may be relevant to foreseeable or pending litigation, government investigation, or audit.
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Disposition - Instructions for the destruction or transfer of records once all business and legal obligations are met. |
File Break - The event date where existing file folders are closed and new file folders are opened. This action is necessary to implement retention periods and usually occurs at the end of the fiscal year or the end of the calendar year.
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File Management - Oversight of the administration of activities relating to the creation, use, maintenance, and disposal of files in order to ensure that the operations are efficient and economical.
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File Plan - A written procedure and set of guidelines for organizing files based upon a specific system, such as alphabetic, numeric, subject, functional, etc. |
General Records Retention Schedule - A retention schedule governing the disposition of records series that are common to several or all agencies. |
Inactive Records - Records that are referred to so infrequently in the conduct of current business that they may be removed from the office and either retired to the State Records Center or destroyed, per the appropriate records retention schedule approved by the State Records Committee. |
Life Cycle - The progression of records from creation and receipt through distribution, use and maintenance, to a final disposition. |
Non-Record - This includes publications, worksheets, drafts, routine replies, telephone messages, blank forms, and extra copies of documents created for convenience or public distribution. Non-records may be destroyed when no longer administratively needed. NAC 239.051 "Nonrecord" defined. |
Office of Record - The office responsible for maintaining the most complete set of a particular records series. |
Official State Records - An Official State Record includes without limitation any: papers, unpublished books, maps, photographs, electronic information, and other materials made or received by a state agency as evidence of the organization, operation, policy or activity of that organization. NRS 239.080 Also known as public record or as record. Does not include Non-Records. |
Permanent Records - Records of enduring, historical, or research value that are retained permanently in the State Archives or in an office after a period of active use. Also called Archival Records |
Public Records - Documents a transaction or activity which includes all mediums regardless of physical form or characteristic and is considered a public record if it is produced, collected, received or retained in pursuance of law or in connection with the transaction of public business. |
Records Center - A facility within the Nevada State Library and Archives established to store the inactive records of Executive Branch agencies. |
Records Disposition Authority (RDA) - The control number assigned to a records series. |
Records Management - The systematic control of records throughout their life cycle. |
Records Official - Designation of records official for certain state agencies; forms and procedures applicable to requests for public records. 1. The head of each agency of the Executive Department shall designate one or more employees of the agency to act as records official for the agency. 2. A records official designated pursuant to subsection 1 shall carry out the duties imposed pursuant to this chapter on the agency of the Executive Department that designated him or her with respect to a request to inspect or copy a public book or record of the agency. 3. The State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator, pursuant to NRS 378.255 and in cooperation with the Attorney General, shall prescribe: (a) The form for a request by a person to inspect or copy a public book or record of an agency of the Executive Department pursuant to NRS 239.0107; (b) The form for the written notice required to be provided by an agency of the Executive Department pursuant to paragraph (b), (c) or (d) of subsection 1 of NRS 239.0107; and (c) By regulation the procedures with which a records official must comply in carrying out his or her duties. 4. Each agency of the Executive Department shall make available on any website maintained by the agency on the Internet or its successor the forms and procedures prescribed by the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator and the Attorney General pursuant to subsection 3. (Added to NRS by 2013, 2267) |
Records Officer - Designation and replacement; responsibilities; duties of Division. (NRS 378.255, 378.280)
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the head of each state agency shall designate a records officer. A person designated pursuant to NRS 239.008 to act as records official for a state agency may be designated as the records officer of the state agency pursuant to this section. 2. A records officer shall: (a) Act as a liaison between the state agency and the Division on issues relating to the retention and disposition of the records of the state agency; (b) Oversee and administer the records management program of the state agency established pursuant to NAC 239.696; (c) Approve or disapprove the documentation for each transfer of records from the state agency to the records center; (d) Approve or disapprove all requests for the disposition of a record pursuant to the appropriate schedule; (e) Attend training classes offered by the Division on the retention and disposition of records; and (f) Coordinate the training of officers, employees and agents of the state agency on the retention and disposition of records. 3. Until the head of a state agency appoints a records officer, the head of the state agency is ex officio the records officer of the state agency. 4. The head of each state agency: (a) May designate a new records officer at any time; and (b) Shall notify the Division, in writing, if the records officer has been replaced. 5. The Division shall: (a) Maintain a current list of the records officer of each state agency; (b) Provide to each records officer any publications of the Division relating to the retention and disposition of records; and (c) Direct to the records officer of a state agency any correspondence relating to the retention and disposition of records of the state agency. (Added to NAC by St. Librarian, eff. 12-4-91; A by Library & Archives Admin’r by R090-06, 6-1-2006; R118-12, 10-24-2014) |
Records Series - File units or documents that are kept together because they relate to a particular subject or function, result from the same activity, document a specific type of transaction, take a particular physical form, or have some other relationship arising out of their creation, receipt, maintenance, or use. |
Transitory Records - A general term for those types of records that lose their value within a short period of time (approx. 3 months) and that should be separated during filing from records requiring longer retention or until the purpose for which it was created has been accomplished and the record can be destroyed. |
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Public Records (complete) |
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Management and retention of records; provision of microfilming and digital imaging services; inspection of confidential or privileged governmental records; recovery of records. |
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Admissibility of rerecorded, copied or reproduced records; certain records of governmental agency deemed public records |
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Attribution and effect of electronic record and electronic signature |
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Retention of electronic records; originals |
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Periods of limitation |
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“Personal identifying information” defined |
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Written or electronic report of crash to Department by driver or owner; exceptions; confidentiality; use as evidence at trial |
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“Personal information” defined |
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Public Records (complete)
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Records management program: Documentation and standards required |
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Disposal of record restricted; procedures for proposal and adoption of schedules for retention of records |
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Dissemination of schedules for retention of records; minimum period for retention of original record |
Online Publications
Managing Gubernatorial Records: A Guide for Governors
Archives and Records Administration Bulletins for Local Government Officials
Records Management Associations
NAGARA - The National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators.
ARMA International - ARMA International is a not-for-profit professional association and the authority on governing information as a strategic asset.
Institute of Certified Records Managers - The Institute of Certified Records Managers (ICRM) is an international certifying organization of and for professional records and information managers.
Professional Development
National Archives: Records Management Training Program
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