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Once a government record, always a government record.
On Sat, 27 Oct 2001, Ian McGiver wrote:
> Hello
> I have a question regarding the private sale of public records. I
> think
> that this issue has been discussed in the past on the list. So I
> apologize if I am repeating a previous question.
> Over the past several
> months I have noticed a few public records
> being sold on EBAY. These included an item that was purported to be the
> official town records of a New York State town dating to the 1830s; in
> addition, recently I have seen mid-nineteenth-century court records and
> an election "register" for sale.
> My question is, what is the legal status of these sales? Do the
> relevant governments, for example, the town in the case of the town
> records, have
> any legal claim on these documents? Or are they simply private property?
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> Thanks
> Ian McGiver
>
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