Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Manual

1145.045.00 Retention of Disqualification Records

IM-140 November 30, 2005; IM-94 July 29, 2002

Retain indefinitely any records that substantiate either a pending disqualification or disqualifications that are being or have been served. File the documents such as signed disqualification consent agreements, court determinations, signed waivers waiving the right to an administrative disqualification hearing, and the notification of disqualification in the case record.

These documents may be needed to support the imposition of a pending disqualification, respond to inquiries from other states, or to support the determination of a second and third disqualification.