On March 3, 2010 the President of the Republic of Latvia proclaimed new Archives Law. According to this Law, former State archival system of Latvia since January 1, 2011 is reorganized within one body - the National Archives of Latvia. The National Archives of Latvia shall be the legal successor of the obligations and property of the former institutions of the State archival system.

 

The National Archives of Latvia accumulate and store the records with archival value, provide accessibility of these records, supervise the observance of records management in the institutions and in the accredited private archives, accredits private archives and performs the other functions specified in Archives Law.