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Destruction Reporting After you destroy records according to the general schedule, maintain a list of destroyed items. Records not on the General Schedule Records not listed on this schedule cannot be destroyed without submitting either an “Application for Authority to Dispose of Records” (PR-1) or a “Minnesota Records Retention Schedule form”. Both of these forms are available on the State Archives’ web site at: http://www.mnhs.org/preserve/records/recser.html#forms. The PR-1 form is used to request one-time authority to dispose of records. A reproducible copy of the PR-1 form is enclosed. Since an approved PR-1 gives you authority to dispose of only those records listed on the form, we recommend that you use the PR-1 only for obsolete records (records no longer being created). For ongoing authority to dispose of records not listed on the general schedule, complete a “Minnesota Records Retention Schedule”. Duplicate Records This retention schedule concerns itself only with the city’s official record copy and the retention periods assigned reflect that. It is each city’s responsibility to identify the official record copy and to identify when to destroy any other copies of identical records, after they have lost their legal, fiscal, historical and administrative value. Duplicate copies should not be retained as long as the official record. Normally the retention period on duplicate records will not exceed two years. Category Definitions for the General Schedule Record Series Description: A record series is a group of records clustered together because they all relate to the same topic and have the same retention period. Retention Period/Statute: The retention cited is the minimum amount of the time a record must be kept. A number printed alone, e.g. 10, means ten years. If months or days are meant the entry will display that, e.g. 6 months or 30 days. The stated retention does not include the year the record originates. For example, if Record A is filed by calendar year and it has a retention of 3 years, the disposal date for 2000 records is January, 2004. Statutes listed here cite specific retention periods for the records series. Data Practices Classification: This phrase refers to records classified by the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act or other state or federal laws. The classification system includes: public, private, confidential, nonpublic or protected nonpublic. More than one classification may apply. Data Practices Statute: This phrase refers to the statute or law which cites the data practices classification of the record series.