In a message dated 11/24/2004 7:32:13 AM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: I would like to find Federal Regulations and Retention regulations/guidelines for the states of Virginia (our headquarters is in Alexandria), California, Washington, and Hawaii. Diane first of all federal regulations apply no matter what state. So basically you will be looking for federal regulations as well as any state statutes or regulations from the particular states you cited. what type of company? here are a couple of websites that will be of use to you Code of Federal Regulations http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html http://www.gpoaccess.gov/ecfr/index.html US Code (statutory laws) http://www.law.cornell.edu/ General US search http://www.lawguru.com/search/lawsearch.html http://www.lawsource.com/also/ Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA [log in to unmask] Richmond, Va List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance