Local government agencies may destroy the records for which petition to destroy has been made if the archivist does not recommend preserving the records within the allotted 30-day period, the archivist is notified according to § 24:52:11:04, and the Records Destruction Board has granted exclusive or continuous authorization as required in SDCL 1-27-19.
S.D. Admin. R. 24:52:11:05
General Authority: SDCL 1-18C-12.
Law Implemented: SDCL 1-18C-5, 1-18C-7.
Destruction or impairment of public record, SDCL 22-11-24. Disposal of records permitted only as authorized by state law, SDCL 1-27-10. Records Destruction Board to supervise destruction of records, SDCL 1-27-11. Records management programs of local governments, SDCL 1-27-18. Destruction of ballots and pollbooks, SDCL 12-20-31. Attorney General's Opinions: County records may only be destroyed in accordance with state law, 1959-60 AGR 319; Authority of state Records Destruction Board, AGR 69-45; Destruction of obsolete municipal bonding records, AGR 72-53; Clerk of courts may destroy original copies of microfilmed records with permission of Records Destruction Board, AGR 74-2; Procedure for destruction of microfilmed records, AGR 76-42.