Alabama

• Government Records News : Identifying and Protecting Vital Records
  State and Local Government Record Commissions. Vol. 2, No. 2, September 1997.

California

• Vault Storage for Vital Records
  Records Center Services. Procedures to follow for vault storage.
• Vital Records Protection and Disaster Recovery Handbook
  California Records and Information Management. The intention of this handbook is to provide a set of guidelines, relative to how and what to do before, during and after an emergency. The specific procedures and identification of vital records will vary with each agency.

Delaware

• Vital Records Management
  Delaware Public Archives. Vital records must be protected from destruction because they offer direct evidence of legal status, ownership, accounts receivable, and the particulars of obligations incurred by government agencies. These records are critical because they contain information required to continue functioning during a disaster, or to reestablish operations after a calamity has ended. Vital records are irreplaceable, and in some instances must be maintained in their original form to be legally admissible as evidence.

Georgia

• Identifying and Protecting Vital Records: Considerations for Government Officials : Archives Advice No. 12
  The Georgia Archives. Business continuity and disaster preparedness depend on vital records for their success. Identifying and securing vital records is one of the important duties of a state or local government agency.

Hawaii

• Vital records protection policy and guidelines (2001) : Comptroller's Circular No. 2001-01
  Department of Accounting and General Services. This instructional guide addresses the identification and protection of records containing information that state agencies may need to conduct business under emergency operating conditions or to protect the legal and financial rights of state government and the people it serves. It also recommends policies and procedures that will allow agencies to assess the damage to and implement recovery of any of their records that may be affected by an emergency or disaster.

Montana

• Montana Codes Annotated 2009 : Section 2-6-206 Protection and storage of essential records
  Montana Legislative Services.

New Jersey

• State and Local Records Manuals
  Division of Archives and Records Management. These manuals were authored in 1986 and 1994 respectively, updated in 1998, and recently have become obsolete with the adoption of the revised N.J.A.C. 15:3. These manuals will eventually be combined into a single New Jersey Records Management Manual, but may still be utilized as a basic records management resource.

Pennsylvania

• Disaster Planning and Vital Records Template
  Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission's Bureau of Archives and History. Prepared Template for a vital records protection plan.
• Vital Records Disaster Planning Manual
  Pennsylvania Office of Administration. This manual is designed to help agencies fulfill some of the requirements of the Commonwealth's Emergency Operations Plan outlined in Annex Z, Records Management, previously issued by the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency.

Virginia

• § 42.1-86 : Essential public records, security recovery copies, disaster plans
  
• Disaster Planning
  The Library of Virginia. A Proactive Approach to Protecting Your Records - An Advanced Training Course for State Agency and Locality Records Officers. Includes a discussion about the identification and preservation of vital records.

Washington

• Essential Records Manual: Security backup, disaster preparedness response, and recovery
  Division of Archives and Records Management. The manual provides detailed, step-by-step help and instructions for essential records protection, as well as procedures for prevention, preparedness, disaster response, and recovery.
• Washington State Essential Records Protection Program
  

All States

• Disaster Readiness and Response : ICMA InfoPak
  Collection of materials previously published by the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) and other organizations on disaster preparedness and response. 2004.

Federal Government-FEMA

• Continuity Guidance Circular 1 (CGC 1) : Continuity Guidance for Non-Federal Entities (States, Territories, Tribal, and Local Government Jurisdictions and Private Sector Organizations) (January 21, 2009)
  Federal Emergency Management Agency. January 21, 2009. Provides guidance for developing continuity plans and programs for states, territories, tribes, and local government jurisdictions.
• Continuity Guidance Circular 2 (CGC 2): Continuity Guidance for Non-Federal Entities: Mission Essential Functions Identification Process (States, Territories, Tribes, and Local Government Jurisdictions)
  Federal Emergency Management Agency. July 22, 2010. Provides planning guidance to assist non-Federal entities and organizations in identifying their essential functions and describes the use of systematic Business Process Analysis, use of Business Impact Analysis, and development of risk mitigation strategies.