171.620 Private documents of public interest.

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A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.

The department is authorized, whenever it is deemed to be in the public interest, to accept for deposit:

(1)The papers and other historical materials of any Governor of the Commonwealth of

Kentucky, or of any other official or former official of the state or its subdivisions,

and other papers relating to and contemporary with any Governor or former

Governor of Kentucky, subject to restrictions agreeable to the department and the

donor;

(2)Documents, including motion picture films, still pictures, sound recordings, maps,

and papers, from private sources that are appropriate for preservation by the state

government as evidence of its organization, functions, policies, and transactions or

those of its subdivisions.