Any agency subject to this article shall control and at all times be the owner of its records. When a state record is required by law to be treated in a confidential manner and is an essential state record, the agency, in effectuating the purpose of this article with respect to such state record, shall protect its confidential nature.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 5A. Department of Administration
Article 8. Public Records Management and Preservation Act
§5A-8-2. Declaration of Policy
§5A-8-4. Categories of Records to Be Preserved
§5A-8-5. State Records Administrator
§5A-8-6. Records Management and Preservation Advisory Committee
§5A-8-7. Duties of Administrator
§5A-8-8. Rules and Regulations
§5A-8-9. Duties of Agency Heads
§5A-8-10. Essential State Records Preservation Duplicates
§5A-8-11. Essential State Records Safekeeping
§5A-8-12. Essential State Records Maintenance, Inspection, and Use
§5A-8-13. Essential State Records Confidential Records
§5A-8-14. Essential State Records Review of Program
§5A-8-16. Assistance to Legislative and Judicial Branches
§5A-8-18. Destruction of Nonrecord Materials
§5A-8-20. Alternate Storage of State Records
§5A-8-22. Personal Information Maintained by State Entities