The establishment of the independent state of Bosnia and Hercegovina, prestructuration of legal system and the intruduction of new administrative borders caused, among others, that archival network of the former Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Hercegovina collapsed. After the Dayton Agreement the newly established country is divided into two administrative units, i.e. Federation of Bosnia and Hercegovina, further on divided into 10 cantons, and the Republic of Serbia. Ten archival institutions, nine regional and special archives, and State Archives operated in the pre-war Bosnia and Hercegovina. The role of the former State Archives is now taken over by the Archives of Federation and the Archives of the Republic of Serbia. The Archives of the Republic of Serbia, which already cover the whole territory of this unit, is the re-established former archive of Bosanska Krajina in Banjaluka with five branches - the departments in Doboj, Foča, Zvornik, Sarajevo, and Trebinje. Only those archives, which were regional before, operate in the Federation of Bosnia and Hercegovina. Thus, the archives in Sarajevo, Tuzla, and Bihač continue with their work as canton's archives, and in the cantons, where there were no archives before, the newly established archives do not operate or they are established only formally, without any room, staff, and equipment, what should be the responsibility of the founder i.e. the canton. Since the canton or the municipalities do not provide for the funds, those archive exist only on paper. Since archival network is not completely reconstructed, documentary as well as archival records by the creators is still being ruined.