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Here's some key information for those interested in the legal definitions of records.
When an outgoing president intends to take documents with him, he is required to separate personal records from presidential records. Any documents which are not by definition Presidential records are therefore personal records. Personal records are the property of that outgoing President, and are defined as follows:
Presidential records, however, are owned by the public and are placed into NARA custody when the President leaves office. The PRA specifically states:
The definitions are important, because it means that any document which was not provided to the President for the purpose of fulfilling the duties of his office, or to anyone in his cabinet for the purpose of advising or assisting him in fulfilling those duties, can be treated as a personal record, so long as they have no clear bearing on the completion of the duties of the office of President.