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Your gateway to the legalities of managing electronic records.

MER Legalities saves costly legal research time and expense by providing you with laws from all 50 states and Puerto Rico that are pertinent to preserving electronic records using magnetic, optical and micrographic media.

A legal analysis from Cohasset Associates on each listing provides additional insight.

Annual or short-term subscriptions are available for MER Legalities.

MER Legalities is premium content. Full access to this module requires a subscription.

Personalized Search Templates

The MERresource Search Template Wizard enables subscribers to create information templates of laws pertaining to various recording media with a wide variety of State and Federal areas of law.

• Search laws in a specific state
• Tailor searches for a combination of states
• State Rules of Evidence
• Uniform Codes - UPA, UBREA, UPPBRA, UETA
• State Statutes - Business Records, Public Records, State Insurance Regulations
• Administrative Codes
• Federal Rules of Evidence and/or Statutes - FEDPUB, FEDROE, FEDBR
• Federal Regulatory Agencies - IRS, FCC, SEC and many more. 25 regulatory bodies listed.
• Detailed searching techniques available in the FAQ section

Subscribers can create and save up to five personalized searches that can be saved for future use. Saved search templates can be edited and deleted.

Free Template Wizard trial

Try the Template Wizard to create a search template.

Non-subscribed users cannot save templates or perform multiple state searches. Free trial searches default to return results from the State of Wyoming. Subscribe now for full access!

Free search engine trial

Enter a search item (eg. retention, destruction) in the space below and click search. See the FAQ section for detailed searching techniques or further information on MER Legalities. Non-subscribed users can access a preview of laws with short descriptions using the general search tool, but not individual laws and associated analysis.