Today’s regulations and guidelines for document retention across many different industries has become much more stringent in the past few years. With how fast technology is evolving, having a clear records management strategy in place will ensure that your business or institution is compliant.
Your business may have many questions when it comes to keeping, storing, organizing and eventually destroying documents and files. How will you manage your paper and electronic records in lieu of state and federal document retention standards? How long should our department keep our documents? What documents can we destroy? How do we destroy documents, while also keeping compliant with state and federal regulations?
Keep in mind that there are many federal, state and local laws that will require you to keep documents for different periods of time, from a few months to permanently. Business records need to be kept safe and secure, yet easily accessible to their employees. Off-site document management is more than just document storage, it’s also about having a comprehensive records management solution that manages business information from inception through the document’s lifecycle, and to eventual destruction.
Below we’ve compiled record retention schedules by state for municipalities, special districts and state agencies, boards and commissions, as well as general employer recordkeeping laws to help your business become compliant.
Record Retention Schedules by State (alphabetical order):
- Alabama Record Retention Schedules
- Alaska Record Retention Schedules
- Arizona Record Retention Schedules
- Arkansas Record Retention Schedules
- California Record Retention Schedules
- Colorado Record Retention Schedules
- Connecticut Record Retention Schedules
- Delaware Record Retention Schedules
- Florida Record Retention Schedules
- Georgia Record Retention Schedules
- Hawaii Record Retention Schedules
- Idaho Record Retention Schedules
- Illinois Record Retention Schedules
- Indiana Record Retention Schedules
- Iowa Record Retention Schedules
- Kansas Record Retention Schedules
- Kentucky Record Retention Schedules
- Louisiana Record Retention Schedules
- Maine Record Retention Schedules
- Maryland Record Retention Schedules
- Massachusetts Record Retention Schedules
- Michigan Record Retention Schedules
- Minnesota Record Retention Schedules
- Mississippi Record Retention Schedules
- Missouri Record Retention Schedules
- Montana Record Retention Schedules
- Nebraska Record Retention Schedules
- Nevada Record Retention Schedules
- New Hampshire Record Retention Schedules
- New Jersey Record Retention Schedules
- New Mexico Record Retention Schedules
- New York Record Retention Schedules
- North Carolina Record Retention Schedules
- North Dakota Record Retention Schedules
- Ohio Record Retention Schedules
- Oklahoma Record Retention Schedules
- Oregon Record Retention Schedules
- Pennsylvania Record Retention Schedules
- Rhode Island Record Retention Schedules
- South Carolina Record Retention Schedules
- South Dakota Record Retention Schedules
- Tennessee Record Retention Schedules
- Texas Record Retention Schedules
- Utah Record Retention Schedules
- Vermont Record Retention Schedules
- Virginia Record Retention Schedules
- Washington Record Retention Schedules
- West Virginia Record Retention Schedules
- Wisconsin Record Retention Schedules
- Wyoming Record Retention Schedules
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