Records Retention and Disposition Resources

• Reading the Records Retention Schedules
• Transitory and Duplicate Records Quick Reference
• How to Determine the Correct Retention Series
• UPPM 90.01 University Records Retention and Disposition
• UPPM 90.02 Archival Services
• UPPM 90.03 Retention of Electronic Communications
• RCW 40.14 Preservation and Destruction of Public Records
• Managing State Agency Records (Washington State Archives)
• For information on public records requests, contact the Public Records Office

Superseding the retention schedule: If an audit, legal action, or public records request is in progress, related records may not be disposed of even when authorized by the retention schedule. See UPPM 10.21 and 10.22 regarding audits. See UPPM 90.05 regarding public records requests and 90.12 regarding litigation holds.