By now, you have probably read in a July 21, 2016 memo that
the State Court Administrative Office is revising the record retention and
disposal schedule and developing statewide policy, standards, and guidelines
for creating, maintaining, and disposing of court records. This includes considering a policy that would
mandate disposal of court records. Any
such policy will be applied to records created from the date of the new
retention schedules. How a mandatory
disposal policy is applied retroactively to court records is yet to be determined
and will depend upon a number of factors, including the completeness and accuracy
of case history (registers of action), which is the single most important
long-term court record.
