N.H. Rev. Stat. § 5:33

The head of each agency shall: I. Establish and maintain an active, continuing program for the economical and efficient management of the records of the agency, consistent with the rules adopted by the director and under the director's supervision. II. Make and maintain records containing adequate and proper documentation of the organization, functions, policies, decisions, procedures, and essential transactions of the agency designed to furnish information to protect the legal and financial rights of the state and of persons directly affected by the agency's activities. III. Submit to the director, in accordance with the standards established by the director in rules adopted under RSA 5:40, schedules proposing the length of time each state record series warrants retention for administrative, legal, or fiscal purposes after it has been received by the agency. The head of each agency shall submit lists of state records in the agency's custody that are of permanent and historical value to the state. The head of each agency shall likewise submit lists of state records in the agency's custody that are not needed in the transaction of current business and that do not have sufficient administrative, legal, or fiscal value to warrant their further keeping. IV. Cooperate with the director in the conduct of surveys made by the director pursuant to the provisions of this subdivision. V. Comply with the rules and procedures adopted by the director.