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

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title: "36 CFR § 1227.10 - What are General Records Schedules (GRS)?"
title_number: 36
title_name: "Parks, Forests, and Public Property"
section_number: "1227.10"
section_name: "What are General Records Schedules (GRS)?"
chapter_name: "NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "RECORDS MANAGEMENT"
part_number: "1227"
part_name: "GENERAL RECORDS SCHEDULES"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "44 U.S.C. 3303a(d)."
regulatory_source: "74 FR 51014, Oct. 2, 2009, unless otherwise noted."
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# 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.