Some examples of permanent records include:
- Student enrollment records such as pupil registers and enrollment data
- Formal class photographs
- School council meeting documents including minutes, agendas, and correspondence
- School magazines and yearbooks
- School merger committee meeting documents
- School histories written for anniversary celebrations
- Deeds filed in a register's office
- Minutes of county commissions
- Original processes in civil or criminal proceedings
- Budget execution files
- Organizational charts
- Executive level records
- Maps, census records, birth and death certificates, manuscripts, photographs
- Court dockets, tax rolls, audit records, open meeting minutes and agendas
These records are kept permanently because of their legal significance, historical value, or essential role in government and institutional operations, and they must be preserved indefinitely.
