Compliance
Pesticide Recordkeeping Requirements by State
How long pest control businesses must keep chemical application records, state by state. Every entry links to a real statute or administrative code citation — not an aggregator's summary number.
Federal floor for any state without a stricter rule of its own: 2 years, per 40 CFR Part 171.107.
Alabama3 yrAlaska2 yrArizona3 yrArkansas2 yrCalifornia3 yrColorado3 yrConnecticut5 yrDelaware2 yrFlorida2 yrGeorgia2 yrHawaii2 yrIdaho2 yrIllinois2 yrIndiana2 yrIowa3 yrKentucky3 yrLouisiana3 yrMaine2 yrMaryland2 yrMassachusetts3 yrMichigan3 yrMinnesota5 yrMississippi2 yrMissouri3 yrMontana2 yrNebraska3 yrNevada2 yrNew Hampshire2 yrNew Jersey3 yrNew Mexico2 yrNew York3 yrNorth Carolina2 yrNorth Dakota3 yrOhio3 yrOklahoma2 yrOregon3 yrPennsylvania3 yrRhode Island2 yrSouth Carolina2 yrSouth Dakota3 yrTennessee2 yrTexas2 yrUtah2 yrVermont3 yrVirginia2 yrWashington7 yrWest Virginia2 yrWisconsin2 yrWyoming2 yr
Not yet covered: Kansas. Its own administrative code has no dedicated recordkeeping-retention rule for commercial applicators to cite, so rather than guess at a number, we've left it out.