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About the Records Management Division

The Records Management Division is responsible for establishing standards, procedures and techniques for effective management of the public records of Arizona state and local government. The Division operates from a records center housing inactive state agency records.

Services include:

• Consulting, training and education in records management for state and local government agency personnel.
• Developing record retention schedules for state and local government agencies.
• Maintaining and accessing inactive state agency records.
• Housing master copies of microforms and computer tapes in a climate-controlled vault.
• Microfilming selected documents and Arizona newspapers.
• Processing and duplicating microfilm.

Established by statute, A.R.S. § 41-1345, The Records Management Division (RMD) administers the management of public records throughout state and local government in Arizona. The division is organized into three operational units.

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