The custodian of any public records shall, at the expiration of the custodian's term of office, appointment or employment, deliver custody and control of all public records kept or received by the custodian in the transaction of official business to the custodian's successor, supervisor or records officer, or, if there be none, to the Delaware Public Archives.
Structure Delaware Code
Chapter 5. STATE ARCHIVES AND HISTORICAL OBJECTS
§ 501. Statement of legislative intent; short title.
§ 503. Duties of Delaware Public Archives concerning public records.
§ 504. Duties of public officials and employees concerning public records.
§ 505. Storage and protection of public records.
§ 506. Delivery of records to successors.
§ 507. Preservation of plans of state buildings and public works.
§ 508. Deposit of deeds to state-owned property with the Delaware Public Archives.
§ 510. Transfer of records upon termination of state agencies; political subdivisions.
§ 511. Certified copies of records delivered to Delaware Public Archives for preservation.
§ 512. Transfer of records to the Delaware Public Archives.
§ 513. Acquisition and custody of federal records.
§ 514. Inspection of public records by the Delaware Public Archives.
§ 515. Microfilming and other document imaging services; appropriations and expenditures.
§ 517. Standards for methods and materials used for public records.
§ 518. Recovery of records; replevin.
§ 519. Delaware Public Archives to be depository for reports, publications, rules and regulations.
§ 521. Appointment of records officers.
§ 524. Records retention and disposition schedules.