(a) General rule.--Any person required to maintain records pursuant to Subchapter A (relating to establishment, maintenance and effect of judicial records) may destroy such records in conformity with this subchapter and the general rules prescribed hereunder. No such person shall be held liable on his official bond, or in the way of damages for loss, or in any other manner, civil or criminal, because of the destruction of records as authorized pursuant to this subchapter.
(b) Historical documents.--Any original records which are of historical value as may be determined by the City Archivist, in the case of City and County of Philadelphia, or by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, in the case of any other county, shall be transferred to the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission or to such other depositories as may be designated by the commission.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 43 - Dockets, Indices and Other Records
Section 4301 - Establishment and maintenance of judicial records
Section 4302 - Effect of records as notice
Section 4303 - Effect of judgments and orders as liens
Section 4304 - Notice of Federal pending actions
Section 4305 - Federal judgments as liens
Section 4306 - Enforcement of foreign judgments
Section 4321 - Record retention schedules
Section 4322 - Destruction and disposition of obsolete records
Section 4323 - Form of recordation
Section 4324 - Copies of destroyed records
Section 4325 - Duplicate permanent records
Section 4326 - Original records meriting special care
Section 4327 - Transfer of custody to local museum upon application