Latvijas Nacionālā arhīva Latvijas Valsts vēstures arhīvs

The Latvian State Historical Archives is an organisational unit of the National Archives of Latvia (NAL). On March 3, 2010 the President of the Republic of Latvia proclaimed a new Archives Law. According to this Law, the former State archival system of Latvia was, after January 1, 2011, reorganized within one body – the National Archives of Latvia. NAL is the legal successor of the obligations and property of the former institutions of the State archival system. The National Archives accumulate and store records of archival value, provide access to these records, supervise the observance of records management in the institutions and in the accredited private archives, accredit private archives, and perform the other functions specified in the Archives Law. 

Copies of documents will be made within 5 working days if the order size does not exceed 50 pages. If the order volume exceeds 50 pages, the time to process the order is coordinated with the reader.  

According to the Terms of Reference, the Latvian State Historical Archives administer the National Documentary Heritage of the Latvian archival fond of 1220–1945, which includes documents of state and local authorities, courts, estates, religious organizations, political and public organizations, documents of enterprises and other corporate bodies, and documents of private persons. The 6,311 archival fonds contain 6,349,095 files.