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Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett
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RDA
RDA: 11115
Database ID: 2048
Record Series Title: Business Services - Service of Process
Record Series Abstract: This record is for Service of Process filings submitted to our office for lawsuits where the Secretary of State serves as agent for this purpose. The document is submitted to our office and is then processed and served. The response to the service of process is then returned to the court.
Record Series Active: Yes
Cut Off at End of: Calendar Year
If Other, Explain:
Total Retention: 0 Years 0 Months
Retention End Action: Permanent
Disposition Notes: The original record is maintained only until it can be served by United States Postal Service Certified Mail Return receipt requested. Original Certified Mail return receipt card is returned to the court. A copy of the initial outgoing envelope, the Affidavit & Endorsement, and the status of the certified mail return receipt cards is scanned into TN-BEAR and maintained indefinitely. If the summons in unable to be served because the mail is refused or returned undelivered, all documents are returned to the court.
View Signed Form: Form Not Received
Worksheet
Worksheet ID: 2051
Record Location: Scanned images and data are maintained in State Data Center North and State Data Center South.
File Arrangement: Document Locator Number assigned in TN-BEAR.
Media Format Generated: Paper
Media Format Stored: Electronic: Sconpreadsheet/Database
Date Range: October 2015 - Current
Annual Accumulation: 2 gb
Current Volume: 6 gb
Record Value: Administrative, Fiscal, Legal
Audit Requirements: State
Reference Frequency:
Current Year per Month: 5
Past Year: 5
2 - 5 Years: 5
Over 5 Years: 5
Data Update Frequency: Daily
Information Shared Outside of State: No
If Shared, List Agencies:
Essential Record: Yes - Original
Essential Record Stored: Original Record is issued to the person being served. Original Certified Mail return receipt card is returned to the court. If the summons in unable to be served because the mail is refused or returned undelivered, all documents are returned to the court.
Essential Record Media Type: Paper
Confidential: No
Confidential Legal Citation:
Media Recommendation: Current Format
Media Recommendation Other:
Agency Retention: Permanent
Agency Retention - Years Active:
Agency Retention - Years Inactive:
Records Center Retention Period:
Final Disposition after Retention Expires: Keep as Electronic
Legal Citation:
Record Sample: No Sample
Legal Documentation: No Legal Documentation
Electronic Records Plan Inventory
System Name: Tennessee Business Entity & Annual Reporting System (TN-BEAR)
IT-ABC Number:
Hardware Description: HP SAN/NAS, HP DL Servers, Microsoft Virtual Server, VMWare Virtual Server
Software Description: Microsoft .NET, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Windows Server MSIIS
System Location: 7th Floor, W R Snodgrass Tower, Secretary of State Server Room
Backup Procedures: Incremental backup daily, full weekly backup, full monthly backup (all to tape). Backup tapes sent off to Iron Mountain, Nashville, TN.
Disaster Recovery: Images are stored on two separate servers, one in the State Data Center North and the other in the State Data Center South. In the event of one server failure, we have high availability that fails over to the other server.
Data Migration Description: The Information Services Division maintains and migrates data according to system updates, upgrades and replacements. Full procedures are available with the Information Services Division.
Metadata Description: Content Subject, Date Created, Format and Content Size
Contact Information
Contact Name: Nathan Burton
Job Title: Director of Business Services
Address 1: 312 Rosa Parks Ave., 6th Floor
Address 2:
City: Nashville
Zip: 37243
Phone: 615-253-3576
Email: Nathan.Burton@tn.gov
Agency: Secretary of State
Agency Head: Tre Hargett
Director: Nathan Burton
Allotment Code: 30501
Status
Action Requested: New RDA
Comments
  Date Comments
Records Management Division (RMD): 10-03-2018 No recommended changes.
Tennessee State Libary and Archives: 10-04-2018 No recommended changes.
Comptroller Audit Review: 2018-10-04 We have reviewed RDA 11115 from an audit standpoint. We concur with the recommended retention and disposition specifications.
Agency: 10-12-2018 No recommended changes.
RMD Director Recomendations: 10-12-2018 RDA 11115 is a request to create an RDA. The retention period will be Permanent. The format will be paper/electronic. Recommend approval of request to create RDA 11115.
Signed Form Received: 2018-10-12
PRC Meeting Date: 10-30-2018
PRC Comments: PRC approves RDA 11115.
PRC Action: Approved
RDA History
ID RDA PRC Reviewed PRC Action
2048 11115 2018-10-30 Approved