Secure Destruction

Once records have met their retention requirements, your department will be contacted in order to authorize destruction of the material. A Request for Destruction form is forwarded to the designated Departmental Records Coordinator for signature.

Secure destruction of records material is handled by a vendor contracted to provide this service. Paper materials are shredded and other media such as microfilm, magnetic tape, or optical discs is pulverized in a dedicated machine which physically destroys the media, rendering information unreadable. The Records Center maintains information which reflects the date of destruction and the departmental staff member authorizing destruction.