Records Management - Laws, Policies and Procedures

Below are the laws, policies and procedures regarding records management.

• NDSU Policy 713, Records Management - This policy identifies the policy and purpose for records management at NDSU. 
• NDSU Policy 713.1, Litigation Hold - This policy defines procedures and processes for maintaining records that are required to be kept due to litigation holds. 
• NDSU Policy 718, Public/Open/Confidential Records - This policy defines what a public record is, as well as the procedure for handling public record requests. 

• NDCC 12.1-11-05 Tampering with public records - This section defines what constitutes tampering with public and government records and states the penalty for such offense. 
• NDCC 44-04, Duties, Records and Meetings - This section provides regulations and standards on what is considered a public record and who has access to all records classified as public. 
• NDCC 44-04.17.1, Definitions - This section includes definitions of the various types of records, as well as laws, public business, information technology resources, etc. 
• NDCC 44-04-18 Access to public records - Electronically stored information - This section (it starts on page 4 of chapter 44-04) deals with open records, confidential information, etc. Definitions are in section 17.1. 
• NDCC 54-46-02 Records Management - This chapter defines a state record and the process to be used to manage records. 
• NDCC 55-02.1-01, Archival Resources Defined - This section defines “archival resources.” 
• NDCC 55-02.1-05 Depositories of archival resources - This section provides for agreements between the state historical society and state universities to serve as regional depositories (e.g., the NDSU archives). 

• Open Records Guide
  
• Open Records Manual