### Question
Can you define what personal records means?


### Answer
**Personal records** is defined as the following in *44 U.S.C. § 2201*:

> all documentary materials, or any reasonably segregable portion therof,[2](#2201_2_target) of a purely private or nonpublic character which do not relate to or have an effect upon the carrying out of the constitutional, statutory, or other official or ceremonial duties of the President

#### Citation:
  - *44 U.S.C. § 2201*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 22-PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS**

