§ 12229 Secretary’S Active File Retention

• •The Secretary of State can keep important papers in their office as long as they think is needed.
• •After some time, these papers will be moved to a special storage place called the archives.
• •The Secretary of State decides when the right time is to move them.

Imagine you have a bunch of old school reports that you need to keep safe.

The Secretary of State can keep these reports in their office for as long as they want. When they think it's the right time, they will move them to a big storage box (the archives) to keep them safe for a long time.