TERMS AND DEFINITIONS - 1601

Public Record: State law defines a public record to include but not be limited to “…any writing containing information relating to the conduct of the public’s business prepared, owned, used, or retained by a state or local agency regardless of physical form or characteristics…” (Govt. Code 6252(e)).

Archival Value: “…the ongoing usefulness or significance of a record based on the administrative, legal, fiscal, evidential, or historical information it contains, justifying its permanent preservation.” (Govt. Code 12271(b))

See the Record Management Handbook for additional terms, and definitions.