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Guidance, Standards and Statutes

Standards

  • Arizona Standards for Permanent Records
  • Guidance on AZ Standards
  • Minimum Standards for Digital Imaging or Scanning Textual Documents
  • Minimum Standards for Scanning Photographs
  • Minimum Standards for "Born Digital" Photographs

Guidance

Adoption by Reference

  • L.A.P.R. Guidance on ARS § 9-802 - Adoption by Reference

Electronic Records

  • Recordkeeping Requirements to Consider When Developing a New System

Outsourcing Records Responsibilities (ARS Titles 39 and 41)

  • Outsourcing Records Responsibilities: Responsibility for Public Records Requests and Records Management Requirements

Permanent and Historical Records

  • Permanent and Historical Records

Photographs

  • Photographs - Digital / Electronic

Public Records

  • Public Records – Chapter 6, Attorney General Handbook for State Agencies

Records Management

  • Establishing an Essential Records List
  • Media Storage and Handling Guidelines

Records Officer (RO) Handbook

  • Records Officer Handbook

Sunsetting Agencies

  • Sunset Process

Statutes

  • Arizona Revised Statutes Applying to Archives and Records Management

 

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