disposition

A final administrative action taken with regard to records, including destruction, transfer to another entity, or permanent preservation See also destruction and event-based disposition.

The actions taken with regard to records following their appraisal. The actions include transfer to a records center for temporary storage, transfer to the Office of State Archives of another state agency or destruction. The term includes but is not synonymous with disposal.

The action taken regarding records no longer needed for current government business. Includes transfer to a storage facility, transfer to another department or agency, transfer to permanent archives, or destruction.

Those actions taken regarding records no longer needed for the conduct the regular current business of the creator. Note: These actions include transfer to storage facilities or records centers, transfers from one creator to another, transfer of physical custody to NARA, transfer of legal custody to NARA, and disposal.

See records disposition.

The final action that puts into effect the results of an appraisal decision for a series of records. Transfer to an archival repository, retain permanently in the agency, or destruction, are among possible disposition actions.

The court's final determination of a lawsuit, the outcome of the case.

The final business action carried out on a record. This action generally is to destroy or archive the record. Electronic record disposition can include soft deletions (see Deletion), hard deletions, hard deletions with overwrites, archive to long-term store, forward to organization, and copy to another media or format and delete (hard or soft).