[tab:Motor Vehicle/Title]
DMV-02-104 – Record Retention Agents | |
RSA 33-A:3-a Disposition and Retention Schedule | |
[tab:Vital Records Administration Office of Secretary of State]
Amendment or correction form | Permanently |
Application for Certified Copies | 1 Year |
Birth worksheet – home birth | Permanently |
Birth worksheet – hospital birth | Permanently |
Burial permit – In-state | 6 Years |
Burial permit – Out-of-state | 10 Years |
Clerk copy of marriage certificate | Permanently |
Disinterment & reinterment permit – in-state disposition | 6 Years |
Disinterment & reinterment permit – out-of-state disposition | 10 Years |
Fetal death report | Permanently |
Funeral director receipt | 1 Year |
Marriage application worksheet when license received from officiant | 1 Year |
Marriage application worksheet – license not returned or marriage never took place | 50 Years |
Medical examiner’s cremation certificate | 6 Years |
Vital event records not specifically listed in this paragraph | Permanently |
[tab:Elections Division Office of Secretary of State]
Absentee Ballot Application – Rejected | 7 years |
Absentee Ballots – Challenged Federal Elections | 22 Months |
Absentee Ballots – Challenged Local/non-federal elections | 60 Days |
Absentee Ballots – Rejected Federal Elections | 22 Months |
Absentee Ballots – Rejected Local/non federal elections | 60 Days |
Absentee Voter Registration/Application – FPCA | Until voter is removed from checklist plus 7 yrs |
Absentee Voter Registration/ Application – Overseas | Until voter is removed from checklist plus 7 yrs |
Affidavit of Challenged Voters | Until contest is settled or 22 months after election, whichever is longer |
Ballots – Federal elections | Until contest is settled or 22 months after election, whichever is longer |
Ballots – Local/all non-federal elections | 60 days |
Checklist – marked | No less than 7 yrs |
Citizenship Affidavit | Until voter is removed from checklist plus 7 years |
Domicile Affidavit | Until voter is removed from checklist plus 7 years |
Election Day Citizenship Affidavit | Until voter is removed from checklist plus 7 years |
Election Day Domicile AffidavitUntil | Until voter is removed from checklist plus 7 years |
Election Day Identify Affidavit (Challenged Voter Affidavit Form) | Keep until voter is removed from checklist plus 7 years |
Election Day Return to Undeclared Status | 7 years |
Election Day Voter Registration Form | Keep until voter is removed from checklist plus 7 years |
Election Returns | Permanently |
Election Ward Maps | Until revised plus 1 Year |
Letter of Identify Verification | No retention time listed |
Notice of Change of Address | Until voter is removed from checklist plus 7 years |
Notice of Death | Until voter is removed from checklist plus 7 years |
Notice of incarcerated felon | No retention time listed |
Notice of re-registering in another state | No retention time listed |
Notice of transfer in New Hampshire | Until voter is removed from checklist plus 7 years |
Party Change Forms | Until voter is removed from checklist plus 7 years |
Rejected Voter Registration Forms | Until voter is removed from checklist plus 7 years |
30 Day Letter | Until voter is removed from checklist plus 7 years |
Voter Challenge Form | Until voter is removed from checklist plus 7 years |
Voter Registration Form | Until voter is removed from checklist plus 7 years |
Voter Registration Form – purged | Until voter is removed from checklist plus 7 years |
[tab:Miscellaneous]
Annual Audit Report | 10 Years |
Annual reports, town warrants, meeting and deliberative session minutes | Permanently |
Articles of agreement or incorporation | Permanently |
Bank Deposit Slips & Statements | 6 Years |
Budgets | Permanently |
Cash Receipt and Disbursement Book | 6 Years after last entry, or until audited |
Dredge and fill permits | 4 Years |
Job Applications – successful | Retirement or Termination plus 50 Years |
Job Applications – unsuccessful | Current Year + 3 Years |
Legal actions against the municipality | Permanently |
Licenses – dog | Current Year + 1 Year |
Liens – Federal liens upon personal property – other than IRS liens | Permanently |
Liens – Hospital liens | 6 Years |
Meeting minutes – tape recordings | Keep until written record is approved at meeting – reuse or dispose |
Minutes of boards and committees | Permanently |
Minutes of town meeting/council | Permanently |
Minutes – Selectmen’s | Permanently |
Oaths of Office | Term of Office plus 3 Years |
Ordinances | Permanently |
Permits or Licenses – Pole | Permanently |
Trust Fund Minutes/Quarterly Reports/Bank Statements | Permanently |