Archive is operating on the basis of following legals acts: - Federal Law"On Archiwal Work in the Russian Federatio" № 125–ФЗ, from 27.10.2004, - Law of the Orel Oblast № 585-ОЗ, from 09.03.2006"On Archiwal work in Orel Oblas" - Its statute"State Archive of the Orel Oblas" (it is available online: http://www.gosarchiv-orel.ru/docs/ustav.pdf) - "Laws of organization, preservation, acquisition, registration and usage of documents of the Russian Federation archival resource in the state and municipial archives, libraries and branches of the Russian Academy of Scienc" from 19 January 2007