Any custodian of any public records shall, at the expiration of his term of office, appointment or employment, deliver to his successor, or, if there be none, to The Library of Virginia, all books, writings, letters, documents, public records, or other information, recorded on any medium kept or received by him in the transaction of his official business; and any such person who shall refuse or neglect for a period of ten days after a request is made in writing by the successor or Librarian of Virginia to deliver the public records as herein required shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.
1976, c. 746; 1994, c. 64; 1998, c. 427.
Structure Code of Virginia
Chapter 7 - Virginia Public Records Act
§ 42.1-76. Legislative intent; title of chapter
§ 42.1-76.1. Notice of Chapter
§ 42.1-78. Confidentiality safeguarded
§ 42.1-79. Records management function vested in the Library of Virginia
§ 42.1-82. Duties and powers of Library Board
§ 42.1-85. Records Management Program; agencies to cooperate; agencies to designate records officer
§ 42.1-86. Essential public records; security recovery copies; disaster plans
§ 42.1-86.01. Records may be retained in electronic medium
§ 42.1-86.1. Disposition of public records
§ 42.1-87. Archival public records
§ 42.1-88. Custodians to deliver all records at expiration of term; penalty for noncompliance
§ 42.1-89. Petition and court order for return of public records not in authorized possession
§ 42.1-90. Seizure of public records not in authorized possession
§ 42.1-91.1. Availability of public records created prior to January 1, 1901