(a) General rule.--Any person required to maintain records pursuant to Subchapter A (relating to establishment, maintenance and effect of judicial records) may destroy such records in conformity with this subchapter and the general rules prescribed hereunder. No such person shall be held liable on his official bond, or in the way of damages for loss, or in any other manner, civil or criminal, because of the destruction of records as authorized pursuant to this subchapter.
(b) Historical documents.--Any original records which are of historical value as may be determined by the City Archivist, in the case of City and County of Philadelphia, or by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, in the case of any other county, shall be transferred to the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission or to such other depositories as may be designated by the commission.