KRS 171.590: Public nature of records in department's custody.

The department shall be responsible for the custody, use, and withdrawal of records

transferred to it. All papers, books, and other records of any matters so transferred are

public records and shall be open to inspection by any interested person subject to

reasonable rules as to time and place of inspection established by the department;

provided that whenever any records, the use of which is subject to statutory limitations

and restrictions, are so transferred, the department shall enforce such limitations .

Restrictions shall not remain in effect after the records have been in existence for fifty

(50) years.