Karta ewidencyjna zabytku – aspekty prawne

There is a growing interest among amateur searchers in documents from the Archaeological Map of Poland (Archeologiczne Zdjęcie Polski) collection, containing data from architectural and construction monument record sheets. For a large group of non-professional searchers, the data brings valuable information on given buildings, such as type, location, photographic and drawing documentation. Access to documents of this kind can facilitate considerably the pursuit of individual searching/collecting passions, although not always with a noble purpose in mind. Recognizing this possibility, searchers have stepped up efforts to procure legally information of interest to them. The present article attempts to determine in practice whether it is possible and in what way to counteract such claims in the light of the legal provisions currently in force in Poland and in referrence to judiciary doctrine and judicature.