Keep records exactly as long as the law says. Not a day longer.
Dekree applies the right Michigan retention schedule to every record, tracks when each one is eligible for disposition, and keeps the disposal log an auditor will ask for.
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The retention schedule exists. It is a 200-page PDF nobody opens.
How long do you keep a zoning application, a canceled check, a closed FOIA request? The Michigan General Schedules answer all of it, but only if someone reads them, finds the right series, and notices when the state revises it. Dekree turns the schedule into something that runs on its own.
Retention that manages itself.
The real Michigan schedules
All 2,149 record series from the official DTMB General Retention Schedules, applied by record category the moment a document lands.
A picker you can actually use
Search 2,149 series by name, number, or description. Grouped under the official schedule, and filtered to the ones that apply to your entity type.
Disposition tracking
Every record carries its eligible-for-disposition date. See what is due, what is overdue, and what is cleared at a glance.
Nothing hides
A retention column on every record in the vault, plus a filter that shows exactly which documents still have no schedule assigned and a count of how many.
Legal hold
Flag records tied to litigation or an open request so they are never disposed of on schedule. The hold survives until you lift it.
Weekly schedule watch
Dekree checks the state index every week. When a schedule is revised, the rules underneath your records get re-pulled from the source.
Audit-ready disposal log
Every disposition is recorded with date, record, schedule, and the person who approved it. The defense, not the attestation.
Tied to the vault
Retention rides on the same documents your FOIA and meeting workflows already use. One record, one schedule, no duplicate filing.
Every rule traces back to the signed state schedule.
Dekree carries all 2,149 record series from all 31 current DTMB General Retention Schedules for local government. Each one was pulled from the official PDF, checked against the source line by line, and stored with a trail back to the page it came from. The retention period you see is the period the State of Michigan printed, not a number we decided was reasonable. Don’t take our word for it: search the entire dataset yourself, free.
GS #1 — Local Government (General)
GS #17 — Township Clerks
GS #29 — Bond and Debt
GS #11 — Building Department
Selected
Closed Session Minutes
GS #1 — Local Government (General) · Item 25.203
Retain
1 year + 1 day
MCL 15.267
Quoted from the official schedule as printed. Dekree does not edit the state's language.
FIG 1Assigning a schedule to a record. Search all 2,149 series, grouped under the official schedule they came from and filtered to the ones that apply to your entity type. The retention period and its statutory authority are quoted from the source.
The state revises these schedules. We watch so you do not have to.
On March 31, 2026, the state moved 40 of the 63 items out of General Schedule #24 and into a new General Schedule #35. If you were working from a printout, your retention policy went stale that day and nothing told you. Dekree checks the official schedule index every week. When the state revises a schedule, we re-pull it from the source and update the rules underneath your records.
Retired series are never deleted. A record already assigned to one keeps resolving, so your history stays intact and your disposal log still makes sense years later.
Quoted, not paraphrased
Retention periods and statutory authority are reproduced as the schedule prints them. Dekree quotes the state. It does not rewrite it.
Defects are flagged, not fixed
Where a source schedule prints something unusual, we preserve it exactly and flag the item for your review rather than quietly correcting the state.
Interpretation goes to your attorney
Dekree tells you what the schedule says and when a record is eligible. It never tells you that disposing of something is legally safe. That call stays yours.
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