State or local records which are within the following categories are essential records which shall be preserved pursuant to this article:
Category A. Records containing information necessary to the operation of government in the emergency created by a disaster.
Category B. Records not within category A but containing information necessary to protect the rights and interest of persons or to establish and affirm the powers and duties of governments in the resumption of operations after a disaster.
Category C. Records with historical value justifying permanent retention.
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