Upon the expiration of his or her term of office, or his or her resignation or removal, the City Attorney shall forthwith, upon demand, deliver to his or her successor in office all deeds, leases, contracts, books and papers in his or her hands belonging to the city or delivered to him or her by the city or any of its officers, and all papers in actions prosecuted or defended by him or her, then pending and undetermined.
(1960 Code, § 3.14)