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Replevin



"Replevin" generally refers to the action for returning records to the legal
authority/agency.

I seem to recall some unusual cases in Virginia's history...

F. Holly Hodges
Chattanooga, TN


Jacqueline Haun wrote:

> Just to clarify, could she have been legally held for
> theft of government property if she had failed to comply?
> Or don't the laws of Maine address that issue specifically
> enough to have held her accountable?
>
> Jacqueline Haun
>
> On 15 Jun 2000, at 12:44, NINA OSIER wrote:
>
> > On the subject of people who want cash, cash only...I was startled a couple of
> > years ago to get a phone call from a woman whose mother had been the clerk of a
> > small Maine town, working out of her home as was the custom (still is in a few
> > places that don't have town offices, actually).  The daughter had "inherited"
> > many years' worth of vital records, and she told me firmly that she expected
> > they were worth money and the State should be willing to pay her to turn them
> > over to us.
> >
> > What made it a mind-boggling situation was that she was an employee of the
> > State's own Vital Records unit.  I believe the State Archivist convinced her to
> > do the right thing (legally and morally) and turn the vitals in her possession
> > over to the town's current clerk - without having to contact the Attorney
> > General's Office - but that one still makes me shake my head every time I think
> > about it.
> >
> > Nina M. Osier, Director
> > Division of Records Management Services
> > Maine State Archives
> > Nina.Osier@state.me.us
> >
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