LAWS
valid
in the Czech Republic
which should be known to researchers
Archives Law
number 97/1974,
changed by laws number 343/1992, 27/2000, 107/2002 and 320/2002
Part 3
Access to archival documents
paragraph 11
Access to archival documents
to Czechoslovak state citizens, bodies and organizations.
(1) Everybody can access archival documents housed at archives. Documents
which are younger more than 30 years can be accessed only with permission
of a director or head of archives.
(2) The access permission to archival documents younger more than 30 years
can not be issued if it could endanger the state or public security or interests
of people protected by laws. The same reasons are valid to refuse the access
to other archival documents.
(3) Access to archival documents housed at archives cannot be denied or tied
to permission of the competent body.
a) to subjects cited in the paragraph 6 clause 4 (authors of documents and
their legal successors, liquidators)
b) to state bodies whose work requests the access to archival documents
c) to state bodies whose access is permitted in virtue of special laws (e.g.
prosecution law)
d) to judicial executor and executive subjects whose access is permitted in
virtue of special laws e) if it concerns documents and archival documents
of the Czechoslovak Communist Party
(4) Archival documents given to protection of archives can be accessed in
virtue of conditions cited in the agreement.
(5) Extracts, transcriptions and copies of archival documents can be issued
only under conditions valid for the access to archival documents.
Vital Registers Law
number 301/2000
Part 2
Period of housing vital registers and registry of documents
paragraph 23
(1) Vital registers will
be housed at vital registers office after the last entry:
a) register of births for 100 years
b) register of marriages for 75 years
c) register of deaths for 75 years
(2) After the mentioned period vital registers will be forwarded to the appropriate
state regional archives.
paragraph 25
(1) Vital registers office
will issue a certificate or permit an access to a vital register or registry
of documents and to do extracts in presence of vital registers clerk.
a) to a subject to the law or members of his family (husband / wife, parents,
grandparents, children, grandchildren), his siblings or authorized substitutes
b) to state authorities
c) to official church authorities or authorized priests if it concerns vital
registers kept by them untill 31. 12. 1949
