[OAC 5101-9-21]

The county must obtain approval from the county records commission prior to the destruction of any records. Approval by the county records commission must in turn be reviewed and either approved or denied, in whole or in part, by the Auditor of State, within sixty days. The Ohio Historical Society must also be given sixty days to select records it considers to be of continuing historical value before the records are destroyed.

After permission to destroy the records has been obtained, the county agency must follow the rules established by the county records commission for disposal of county records.

REFERENCE: ORC Section 149.38