Rhode Island General Laws Title 44. Taxation § 44-1-15. Destruction of obsolete records--Preservation of corporate returns

The tax administrator is authorized and empowered, in his or her discretion, to destroy tax returns, duplicate records, correspondence, and other papers and documents on file in the office of the administrator, relating to the assessment of taxes under this chapter, which bear a date not later than three (3) years prior to the date of the exercise of the authority granted by this section, except the records relating to public service corporations; provided, that the tax administrator has compiled in durable form as a part of his or her permanent records, all the essential information contained in any corporation tax returns destroyed under the provisions of this section pertaining to issued capital, dividends, value of shares returned, bonded and other indebtedness, total corporate value, corporate value in this state, basis of apportionment, exempt property, estimated value of physical property within and without this state, gross receipts, and in the case of public service corporations gross earnings returned, and in the case of banks, trust companies, and national banking associations the fair cash value of physical property and the names of shareholders whose shares are exempt from taxation.