{"id":70180,"date":"2026-04-06T12:14:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T19:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/?page_id=70180"},"modified":"2026-04-06T15:15:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T22:15:16","slug":"resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/records-retention-and-disposition\/resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Records Retention Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Records Retention and Disposition Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sos.wa.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2025-02\/advice-sheet-what-are-records-series-%28march-2021%29.pdf\">Reading the Records Retention Schedules<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/documents\/2024\/10\/transitory-and-duplicate-records.pdf\">Transitory and Duplicate Records Quick Reference<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sos.wa.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2025-02\/advice-sheet-how-to-determine-the-correct-records-series-%28march-2021%29.pdf\">How to Determine the Correct Retention Series<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/index\/manuals\/business-policies-and-procedures-manual\/bppm-90-01\/\">UPPM 90.01<\/a>&nbsp;University Records Retention and Disposition<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/index\/manuals\/business-policies-and-procedures-manual\/bppm-90-02\/\">UPPM 90.02<\/a>&nbsp;Archival Services<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/index\/manuals\/business-policies-and-procedures-manual\/bppm-90-03\/\">UPPM 90.03<\/a>&nbsp;Retention of Electronic Communications<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.leg.wa.gov\/RCW\/default.aspx?cite=40.14\">RCW 40.14<\/a>&nbsp;Preservation and Destruction of Public Records<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sos.wa.gov\/archives\/recordsmanagement\/managing-state-agency-records.aspx\">Managing State Agency Records<\/a>&nbsp;(Washington State Archives)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For information on public records requests, contact the <a href=\"https:\/\/public-records.wsu.edu\/\">Public Records Office<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Superseding the retention schedule: <\/strong>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/index\/manuals\/business-policies-and-procedures-manual\/bppm-10-21\/\" data-type=\"page\">UPPM 10.21<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/index\/manuals\/business-policies-and-procedures-manual\/bppm-10-21\/\" data-type=\"page\">10.22<\/a> regarding audits. See <a href=\"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/index\/manuals\/business-policies-and-procedures-manual\/bppm-90-05\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"22709\">UPPM 90.05<\/a> regarding public records requests and <a href=\"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/index\/manuals\/business-policies-and-procedures-manual\/bppm-90-12\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"22715\">90.12<\/a> regarding litigation holds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Records Retention and Disposition Resources 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49281,"featured_media":0,"parent":50398,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70180"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49281"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70180"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70213,"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70180\/revisions\/70213"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=70180"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=70180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}