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Records Retention Schedules for Maine State Government

Note: Media codes show the record series format at the time its retention schedule was last updated. Retention periods are applied to information, though, regardless of media. When an agency changes its records management practices to storing records in digital rather than paper formats, for example, the retention periods for those records do not change. Digital records must be retained exactly as long as paper records containing the same information.

Codes we use to represent some common physical record formats are:

• P = paper
• SP = still photograph
• RF = roll microfilm
• MF = microfiche
• HD = hard disk
• OD = optical disk
• AT = audiotape
• MP = motion picture
• MT = magnetic tape
• CD = compact disk

Agencies

• Administrative & Financial Services
• Agriculture
• Attorney General
• Audit
• Behavioral and Developmental Services
• Conservation
• Corrections
• Defense & Veterans' Services
• Economic & Community Development
• Education
• Environmental Protection
• Executive
• Human Services
• Independent Agencies - Advisory
• Independent Agencies - Regulatory
• Independent Agencies - Other
• Independent Agencies - Not State
• Inland Fisheries & Wildlife
• Labor
• Legislature (including Law & Legislative Reference Library)
• Marine Resources
• Professional & Financial Regulation
• Public Safety
• Public Utilities Commission
• Secretary of State
• Transportation
• Treasury

We will be updating these schedules after each meeting of the Archives Advisory Board (normally, four times each year). Despite our efforts to be accurate, these pages may contain errors. We present this website to you with a good-faith representation that the information it contains is generally reliable. Information on this site should not be relied upon for legal purposes. For specific information or verification, contact Barry Marshall by email at Barry.Marshall@maine.gov or by phone at 287-5798.

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