36 CFR § 1233.20Chapter XII

§ 1233.20 How are disposal clearances managed for records in NARA Federal Records Centers?

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(a) The National Personnel Records Center will destroy records covered by General Records Schedules 1 and 2 in accordance with those schedules without further agency clearance.

(b) NARA Federal Records Centers will destroy other eligible Federal records only with the written concurrence of the agency having legal custody of the records.

(c) NARA Federal Records Centers will maintain documentation on the final disposition of records, as required in 36 CFR 1232.14(d).

(d) When NARA approves an extension of retention period beyond the time authorized in the records schedule for records stored in NARA Federal Records Centers, NARA will notify those affected records centers to suspend disposal of the records (see § 1226.18 of this subchapter).

http://www.archives.gov/frc/toolkit.html#dispositionhttp://www.archives.gov/frc/locations.html(e) For further guidance on records disposition, consult the NARA Federal Records Centers Program website (). Request current NARA publications and bulletins by contacting an individual NARA Federal Records Center (contact information at ) or the FRCP, by mail at National Archives and Records Administration; Federal Records Centers Program (AF); 8601 Adelphi Road; College Park, MD 20740-6001, or by phone at 301.837.2950.

[74 FR 51014, Oct. 2, 2009, as amended at 83 FR 13655, Mar. 30, 2018]

eCFR data current as of: June 10, 2026

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