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In the absence of official state rules for disposal of a journal, The Notary Public Code of Professional Responsibility recommends safeguarding and storing each journal for at least 10 years from the date of the last entry in the journal.

Generally, this law states that an action against a Notary's bond must be commenced within 3 years, but actions based on malfeasance or misfeasance must be commenced within 1 year from discovery or 3 years from the performance of the notarial act, whichever is later.

In general, company records must be retained for around six years from the end of the accounting period. But some documentation needs to be kept for 10 years, including: The company's statutory books (company registers need to be retained for the time the company is in business)

Overwriting ? A more effective method of destroying electronic records is to use software that overwrites the records multiple times (up to 10 times) with strings of ?1's? and ?0's?. This makes the possibility that the records can be recovered much more remote than simply hitting the delete key.

Federal regulations require research records to be retained for at least 3 years after the completion of the research (45 CFR 46) and UVA regulations require that data are kept for at least 5 years.

Obsolete records need to be destroyed in order to: Ensure official records systems are reliable and efficient. Reduce risk of sensitive or personal information falling into the wrong hands. Reduce maintenance and storage costs.

You must be able to produce receipts, invoices, canceled checks or bank records that support all expense items. You should also keep sales slips, invoices or bank records to support all income items. These records should be retained for at least 10 years after they have expired.