When searching our local retention schedules, you may come across a record series that seems familiar—like a series you have seen before. This is not a sense of déjà vu. Sometimes the same series is included on different schedules, and there is a good reason we do that. In this edition of Remarkable Records, we…
The Texas State Library and Archives Commission recently published revised editions of 4 local retention schedules concerning juvenile records retention: CC/Records of County Clerks, DC/Records of District Clerks, LC/Records of Lower Courts, and PS/Records of Public Safety (see previous blog post). Below, find a TL;DR (Too Long; Didn’t Read) abridged list of the changes. Court…
Get ready county clerks, because this post is just for you… A common question posed to the analysts here at TSLAC concerns the difference between records series on Local Schedule CC that look nearly identical but have different retention periods. A good example is series CC1400-11 and CC1400-10. Both are for deputation records, but only…
The following local government records retention schedules went into effect on August 14, 2011. To download the new schedules as PDF documents, click on the links below. They are also available on our website at Local Retention Schedules. Local Schedule CC, 3rd Edition (Records of County Clerk) Local Schedule DC, 3rd Edition (Records of District…
At the April meeting of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, five local schedules were approved for publication in the Texas Register for public comment. Four of the schedules (Local Schedule CC, Local Schedule DC, Local Schedule LC, and Local Schedule PS) were originally published for public comment on November 19, 2010. Based on…
We are pleased to announce that the remaining 10 local government retention schedules will be published in the Texas Register on Friday, November 19, 2010. This issue will include revisions to: Local Schedule CC: Records of County Clerks Local Schedule DC: Records of District Clerks Local Schedule EL: Records of Elections and Voter Registration Local…