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Agreements/Borrowing Resolutions/Commitment letters 7 years
Annual Financial Reports and Customer Operating Statements 7 years
Collateral Cards Optional
Collateral Receipt Record/Register 7 years after close
Coupons Removed from Collateral – Receipts 7 years
Credit Files and supporting documentation 7 years after payoff
Daily Reports Optional
Debit and Credit Tickets (original, copy or image) 7 years
Equal Credit Opportunity Act Notice of Adverse Action 12 months after notification^
Fair Credit Reporting Act – Records Showing Compliance Exam to exam or 25 months max.
Guaranteed Loan Files – When Closed or No Longer Needed 7 years after payoff
History Cards (If only source of repayment history.) 7 years
Journal – If Byproduct of Posting the Liability Ledger Optional
Journal – If Used as Book of Original Entry with Descriptions 7 years
Judgments 7 years
Liability Ledger 7 years
Loan Applications – Declined 12 months^
Loan Committee Minutes 7 years
Maintenance Data Processing Reports 7 years
Margin Cards Optional
Margin Credit Extended By Banks (Regulation U) -Statement of Purpose 3 years after close
Mortgage Loan Files and supporting documentation 7 years after payoff
New and Paid-Out Loan Reports 2 years
Note and Discount Tickler Optional
Note or Discount Register – If Byproduct of Posting the Liability Ledger Optional
Note or Discount Register – If Used as Book of Original Entry with Descriptions 7 years
Participation Agreements 7 years after payoff
Past Due Loan Reports Optional
Resolutions 7 years
Subpoenas 7 years
Trial Balance/Transaction Journals 7 years
Unpaid Account Balance Records Permanent
W-9 Certification 7 years after account closed

Key:
^ = federal regulatory provision or NACHA requirement
# = state law provision
No notation indicates best practice recommendation and/or statute of limitations timeline