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Courthouse Attic Records Update

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Over the past year, staff has been working hard to salvage records from the courthouse attic. Many people ask, “Why is removing these records important?” In addition to initiatives by local genealogists and historians over the years to have them moved to secure location, Licking County is required by Ohio Law to maintain the records it creates and receives through daily business. Records in the attic are difficult to retrieve when employees respond to public records requests. The county is required by law to respond to records request in a reasonable amount of time. Also, records are difficult to find because they are not organized, and the environment records are housed in is causing them to deteriorate. If records are falling apart then they are not accessible to the public according to law.  I n January 2009, the department began inventorying and removing permanent records from the attic. Some records were covered in dust, animal feces, and insects. Others were heavily mold damage