525.18 REMOVAL OF CITY RECORDS.

   (a)    As used in this section, "public records" means any record required to be kept by any officer or department of the City and includes any document, devise or item, regardless of its physical form or characteristics, created or received by or coming under the jurisdiction of any public officer or department of the City which serves to document the organization, functions, policies, decisions, procedures, operations or other activities of the office or department of the City, except for those records and minutes referred to in Section 123.03.

   (b)    No person shall remove or take any original public records from City Hall, except upon written authorization by the person having the care, custody and control of such records or in order to comply with a summons or subpoena lawfully issued.

(Ord. 71-120. Passed 11-16-71.)

   (c)    Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.