Maine State Agency Records Schedules

Retention schedules for the following departments may be viewed by clicking on the links:

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

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.