(a) Books, accounts, records, papers, maps, and documents relating to the functions and powers of the Commissioner of State Lands, including the records and documents used by the historical predecessors of the Commissioner of State Lands, are the property of the state and shall remain in the custody of the Commissioner of State Lands.
(b)
(1) Except for a temporary loan or temporary measures to preserve, protect, or display a deed, map, document, survey, or other record of the Commissioner of State Lands, the deed, map, document, survey, or other record shall not be removed by any person from the office of the Commissioner of State Lands.
(2)
(A) Upon request by an interested party, the Commissioner of State Lands shall deliver to the interested party a certified copy of a document or record described in subdivision (b)(1) of this section.
(B) The certified copy shall be treated the same as an original document.
(c) This section does not apply to a document or record:
(1) That has been conveyed, transferred, or bestowed by the state in the normal course of business or another lawful disposition; or
(2) In which the state no longer has an interest.