The
Bureau of Records Management places all public records on
Records Retention Schedules that list the minimum legal and
fiscal time periods they must be retained by state and local
governmental and educational agencies. Working with personnel
from the records-creating agency, the Bureau determines these
retention periods in conformance with state and federal codes,
regulations, and statutes of limitation. Final approval of
the schedules comes from the State Records
Committee, which is comprised of representatives of the
Attorney General, State Treasurer, State Auditor, Director
of Local Government Services, and the Director of the Division
of Archives & Records Management.
Below
are the most commonly used schedules. Please click on the
the Records Series # to view the schedule in PDF format. Eventually
all of the State of New Jersey's Records Retention Schedules
will be available in an on-line database.
To
download an order form to receive a schedule not listed below
click here.
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in [MSExcel]
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Format a Records Retention
Disposition Table, which allows an agency to quickly ascertain
whether a record series is ready for disposal. The table notes
the year in which a records series is created with corresponding
disposition dates based on retention requirements. Records
become eligible for disposition as of December
31st of the year indicated
in the table(s).
State Agency General Records Retention Schedule (including Financial;
Personnel; General Administrative; Agency Related Policy, Legislation,
and Operating Procedures; & Reports and Publications) Effective Date:
8/21/2008G100000-005
County Agency General Records Retention Schedule
(including Financial; Personnel; General Administrative; &
Reports, Publications and Agency Related Policy) Effective
Date: 1/22/2009C820000-007
Municipal Agency General Records Retention Schedule
(including Financial; Personnel; General Administrative; &
Reports, Publications and Agency Related Policy) Effective
Date: 1/22/2009M100000-007
Individual
County & Local Record Series Description & Series
#
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Contact
Information:
Joseph
L. Falca, Supervisor, Records and Forms Analysis
State Agency General Records Retention Schedule (including Financial;
Personnel; General Administrative; Agency Related Policy, Legislation,
and Operating Procedures; & Reports and Publications)
