36 CFR 1227.10 - What are General Records Schedules (GRS)?

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Title 36 - Parks, Forests, and Public Property last revised: Jan 28, 2026

View all text of Part 1227 [§ 1227.1 - § 1227.14]

§ 1227.10 - What are General Records Schedules (GRS)?

General Records Schedules (GRS) are schedules issued by the Archivist of the United States that authorize, after specified periods of time, the destruction of temporary records or the transfer to the National Archives of the United States of permanent records that are common to several or all agencies.

authority: 44 U.S.C. 3303a(d)

source: 74 FR 51014, Oct. 2, 2009, unless otherwise noted.

cite as: 36 CFR 1227.10