R331-10-1. Authority, Scope, and Purpose

(1) This rule is issued pursuant to Section 7-1-301(7).

(2) This rule establishes a schedule for the retention of records of financial institutions under the jurisdiction of the Department of Financial Institutions. Each financial institution may deem it prudent from a business, legal, or other regulatory reason to retain records not identified in this rule.

(3) It is the purpose of this rule to require the maintenance of appropriate types of records where such records have a high degree of usefulness and prescribe the period for which records of each class are retained.

(4) This rule does not prescribe the method of retention other than that the method selected by each financial institution must ensure the records be readily retrieved in an unaltered state.