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12 <br /> IM' <br /> 2021 PROGRAM RECORDS SCHEDULE: LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES =y NATURA AND <br /> OF <br /> r�� NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES <br /> STANDARD 11:PROGRAM OPERATIONAL RECORDS—ANIMAL SERVICES RECORDS <br /> Records created and received during the conduct of animal services programs. <br /> NOTE:Some records are covered by General Records Schedule:Local Government Agencies and,therefore,are not listed separately here. See Reference <br /> (Reading) File and Reports and Studies(Administration and Management Records). <br /> D <br /> STANDARD 11:ANIMAL SERVICES RECORDS 3 <br /> ITEM# v <br /> RECORDS SERIES TITLE DISPOSITION INSTRUCTIONS CITATION m <br /> P- <br /> 11.01 ANIMAL ABUSE AND CRUELTY RECORDS Destroy in office after 5 years.* See G.S. 14-360 for m <br /> Includes complaints,citations and/or compliance orders, definition of animal En <br /> and other related records. cruelty. <br /> 11.02 ANIMAL COMPLAINT RECORDS Destroy in office after 3 years.* <br /> Includes complaints of animal nuisances. <br /> 11.03 ANIMAL CONTROL RECORDS a) Destroy in office records concerning dangerous <br /> Records of animal control calls. Includes information animals when known dead or after 10 years. <br /> regarding animal bites,animals received from residents, <br /> strays caught,animals taken to shelter or returned to b) Destroy in office animal control citations and <br /> owner,use of tranquilizer guns,and other related compliance orders after 3 years.* <br /> records.Also includes citations and/or compliance orders <br /> issued to animal owners for violations of government c) Destroy in office remaining records after 1 year. <br /> ordinances. <br /> *No destruction of records may take place if audits or litigation are pending or reasonably anticipated. See AUDITS,LITIGATION,AND OTHER OFFICIAL ACTION, <br /> page A-5. <br /> +The agency hereby agrees that it will establish and enforce internal policies setting minimum retention periods for the records that Natural and Cultural <br /> Resources has scheduled with the disposition instruction "destroy when reference value ends." Please use the space provided. <br /> 3 <br />