In the SharePoint 2010 settings for (in-place) Records Management you can configure who can Declare / Undeclare records.
However you can only select from these three options:
- All list contributors and administrators
Any user with the “edit items” permissions to a list can declare and undeclared items as records. - Only list administrators
Only users with “manage list” permissions to a list can declare and undeclare items as records. - Only policy actions
Only policy actions or custom code running as the System Account can declare and undeclare items as records.
So what happens if there is a centralized group of records managers inside a company? In other words: how can you limit the permission to Declare/Undeclare records to a specific group of SharePoint users?