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School District schedule 14-20 is being overwritten by state schedule 10-30 and 10-31. If you go to the school district schedule on our website, it will be hyperlinked to the new schedule. Depending on the type of record will determine if retention is now two years shorter or two years longer. Don’t worry if you have already destroyed records per

The previously posted general schedules were heard by the State Records Committee yesterday and approved. Each of these general schedules were previously posted on this blog for your input. The local government accounts payable/receivable will be combined into one schedule and the state government accounts payable/receivable will also be combined into a single schedule per the State Records Committee request. To

School District schedule 14-10 is being overwritten by state schedule 13-18. If you go to the school district schedule on our website, it will be hyperlinked to the new schedule. Retention is now one year longer. Don’t worry if you have already destroyed records per the old schedule. Please update your records so the updated retention will be followed from

A guest post by James Kichas. While the Utah State Archives’ focus is on the management and preservation of government records, there are other forms that the State’s history can take. One of these is artifacts. Whether they are artifacts that help tell the story of a governmental entity, or artifacts given to the people of Utah (often through a

We would like to propose the following general schedule to the State Records Committee at their next meeting on December 8th. This will be listed in the state general schedule, but may be used by any governmental entity to schedule their records. If you have any changes you would like to see to this general schedule, please notify Rebekkah Shaw at

County schedule 20-7 is being overwritten by state schedule 13-18. If you go to the county schedule on our website, it will be hyperlinked to the new schedule. Retention is now four years longer. Don’t worry if you have already destroyed records per the old schedule. Please update your records so the updated retention will be followed from this point

Municipal Schedule 21-56 “Evidence Disposition Records” was moved to County Schedule 16-58 “Evidence Tracking Records”. If a municipality scheduled a series with us under the old municipal schedule, please expect an email from us about updating the schedule next week. The MUN 21-56 said “These records document the use and location of items in evidence. They include tags on property

County general schedule 1-25 Routine Activity Schedules will be removed from the website next week. As part of the General Schedule Update Project, we are gradually removing general schedules describing items which are not records according to GRAMA. This schedule is also too vague for use. Here is the schedule: Routine Activity Schedules (CO 1-25) These records are routine materials

County schedule 6-10 is being overwritten by state schedule 9-14. If you go to the county schedule on our website, it will be hyperlinked to the new schedule. Retention is now two years longer. Don’t worry if you have already destroyed records per the old schedule. Please update your records so the updated retention will be followed from this point

We would like to propose the following general schedule to the State Records Committee at their next meeting on August 11th. This will be listed in the state general schedule, but may be used by any governmental entity to schedule their records. Verification of Employment Eligibility (SG 11-67) This employment documentation is required to comply with the Immigration Reform and