9-1-302. Powers and duties; custodian of public records; preservation of proclamations of governor; removal of public documents prohibited; exceptions.

(a) The secretary of state is the custodian of, and shall preserve:

(i) All the public records, documents, acts and resolutions of the legislatures of the territory and state of Wyoming;

(ii) All proclamations of the governor proclaiming the effectiveness of constitutional amendments, corporate revocations and any other proclamation designated as a permanent record by the governor. The secretary of state shall preserve all other proclamations of the governor for one (1) year and then deliver them to the department of state parks and cultural resources for destruction or preservation as it deems desirable;

(iii) Property of the state when no other provision is made by law;

(iv) Copies of all clemency documents signed by the governor, including pardons, commutations of sentence, reprieves, remissions of fine or forfeiture, and restorations of civil rights.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the secretary of state shall not permit any original paper or public document, filed in the office, to be taken out of it unless called for by a resolution of either house of the legislature or for the examination of the governor. The secretary of state may store any original paper or public document, filed in the office, in any other state building within the capital city if the storage will protect the papers or documents from destruction and unauthorized access to the same or greater extent than storage in the office of the secretary of state.