TsGA PMR operates in accordance with the resolution no. 37 of the Supreme Council of the PMSSR on 06.05.1991 on the formation of the Republican Archival Administration (since 05.02.1997 - State Archive Service of the PMR) and Decree No. 194 of the President of the Pridnestrovian Moldavan Republic of 20.03.2012 on approval of the regulations, structure and staff of the Ministry of Justice of PMR, as well as the Law No. 651-З-IV of the PMR on the Archive Affairs of the PMR adopted on 16.01.2009.