§ 103.07. City books and records available; protection.

(a)

Except as may be provided otherwise by state law, these Codified Ordinances or other ordinance to safeguard the security of license tax returns, personnel records and other confidential information, all records, books, maps, documents and other papers which are maintained on file in any City office shall be open for inspection and use by residents of the City and others having an interest therein during all regular business hours, but none shall be removed from the office of its custodian except by authority of the Mayor, the City Recorder or Council, or pursuant to a valid subpoena duces tecum issuing from a court or officer having jurisdiction in the premises.

(b)

No person shall, without proper authority as provided in subsection (a) of this section, remove from the office of its custodian any record, book, map, file, document or other paper which is maintained on file in any City office or court, without giving written receipt therefor to the custodian thereof, nor shall any person fail to return any such item to its proper custodian within the time set by the custodian for its return.

(c)

No person shall willfully destroy, obliterate, secrete, deface, mark upon, disturb the arrangement of, damage or otherwise tamper with any record, book, map, file, document or other paper which is maintained on file in any City office or court.

(Code 1979, § 2-1-19; Code 1991, § 103.07)