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NRS 378.245: Custody and preservation of archival material; removal of material from archives.

1. The State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator has custody of and shall carefully preserve in the Division:
(a) The enrolled copy of the Constitution of the State of Nevada.
(b) The proceedings and all papers of the two Constitutional Conventions held for the purpose of framing a Constitution of this State.
(c) The manuscripts containing the enrolled acts and joint resolutions and journals of the Legislature of this State and the Territory of Nevada.
(d) The records, papers and documents of Carson County, Utah Territory, and all other books, records and documents which, by the laws of the Territory of Nevada, were required to be deposited and kept in the office of the Secretary of the Territory of Nevada.
(e) All the books, records, parchments, maps, registers, papers and other material required to be deposited or kept in the Division.
2. The State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator shall not permit the original papers and other material to be taken out of the archives unless he or she determines that the circumstances ensure the safety and integrity of the papers and other material.

Where this section sits in the code

TITLE 33 — LIBRARIES; MUSEUMS; HISTORIC PRESERVATION
CHAPTER 378 - STATE LIBRARY, ARCHIVES AND PUBLIC RECORDS
DIVISION OF STATE LIBRARY, ARCHIVES AND PUBLIC RECORDS
Archives and Records

1. The State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator has custody of and shall carefully preserve in the Division:

(a) The enrolled copy of the Constitution of the State of Nevada.

(b) The proceedings and all papers of the two Constitutional Conventions held for the purpose of framing a Constitution of this State.

(c) The manuscripts containing the enrolled acts and joint resolutions and journals of the Legislature of this State and the Territory of Nevada.

(d) The records, papers and documents of Carson County, Utah Territory, and all other books, records and documents which, by the laws of the Territory of Nevada, were required to be deposited and kept in the office of the Secretary of the Territory of Nevada.

(e) All the books, records, parchments, maps, registers, papers and other material required to be deposited or kept in the Division.

2. The State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator shall not permit the original papers and other material to be taken out of the archives unless he or she determines that the circumstances ensure the safety and integrity of the papers and other material.

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