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Retention Schedules and Manuals
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DRAM Litigation Preservation Directive
March 23, 2007 - Legal hold on the destruction of specific records found in all
State Agencies and all Political Subdivisions.
General Retention Schedules
Any record series listed as permanent on a general retention schedule
should be transferred to the State Archives when the agency or political subdivision no longer wishes to maintain
those records. You can reach the State Archives at 602-926-3720 or 800-228-4710 to discuss
the transfer of the records. If a record is historically significant, it is a permanent record. Records are deemed historically
significant when they:
- Document a controversial issue
- Document a program, project, event or issue that results in a significant change that affects the local community, city, county or state
- Document a program, project, event or issue that involves prominent people, places or events
- Document a program, project, event or issue that resulted in media attention locally, statewide or nationally
The General Schedules supersede all existing custom schedules with the following
exceptions:
1) The custom schedule retention period is longer than the general schedule retention schedule
2) The custom schedule was approved on or after January 1, 2009.
General retention schedule for Community Colleges - updated
July 14, 2010
General retention schedule for Counties - updated July 14, 2010
General retention schedule for Fire Districts - updated June 22, 2010
General retention schedule for Municipalities - updated
July 14, 2010
General retention schedule for School Districts and Charter
Schools - updated June 22, 2010
General retention schedule for Special Districts - updated
June 22, 2010
General retention schedule for State Agencies - updated
July 14, 2010
Retention Schedules and Disposition Schedules
for State Agencies
Programmatic schedules written for individual state agencies. This link will take you to a page
listing the state agencies that have schedules. The list is being updated regularly,
but it does not yet have all the schedules. Call our office if you do not see your
agency in the list.
Retention Schedules for Courts
Limited Jurisdiction Courts
Superior Court
Records Management Manuals
Records
Retention and Disposition for Arizona Counties Please check above under the General
Schedule section as some of County schedules have been updated from what appears in
this manual. New schedules will be added there as they are updated.
Records
Retention and Disposition for Arizona Municipalities Please check above under the
General Schedule section as some of Municipality schedules have been updated from what
appears in this manual. New schedules will be added there as they are updated.
Records
Retention and Disposition for Arizona Community Colleges and Districts
Please check above under the General Schedule section as some of Community College schedules
have been updated from what appears in this manual. New schedules will be added
there as they are updated.
Tip Sheets
Preservation
and Filing of Paper-based Arizona Government Records
and Documents
Imaging
Technology for Arizona Government Records and Documents
Arizona Standards
Price
List (Nov. 1, 2001)
What is a Record
Record Life-cycle
Records Inventory
Records Retention Schedules
General Records Retention Schedules
Program Retention Schedules
Historical Records
Using the State Records Center
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