The Department of Consumer Protection’s (DCP) website suggests some guidelines for shredding and saving personal documents. For example, DCP suggests keeping canceled personal checks and pay stubs for a year and then shredding them unless they are needed for tax, warranty, or insurance reasons.
In addition to documents that should be shredded, DCP lists documents that should be kept permanently in a fireproof box or home safe, including, among other things, birth certificates, wills, and passports.
DCP also provides information about upcoming paper shredding events, where citizens can go to shred these documents.
