NAC239.750. Procedure upon abolishment or disbanding of state agency; procedure upon reorganization or reinstatement of defunct state agency.

     1. Upon receiving notice that a state agency is being abolished or disbanded, the head of the agency, whether elected or appointed, shall take such actions as may be necessary to transfer the records of the agency to the Division for appraisal and preservation. Upon receipt, the Division acquires legal custody of these records. The records center shall maintain the records of defunct state agencies which have administrative, fiscal or legal value until the scheduled period for retention has passed. Thereafter, any long-term record or record with research or archival value must be transferred to the State Archives.

     2. If a defunct state agency is reorganized or reinstated, the Division shall transfer the agency’s records with administrative, fiscal or legal value into the legal custody of that state agency. Records with research or archival value must remain with the State Archives.

     (Added to NAC by St. Librarian, eff. 12-4-91; A by Library & Archives Admin’r by R090-06, 6-1-2006)