LICENSING RECORDS MICROFILMED

License records for the State's nearly 60,000 real estate agents have been converted to microfilm. Nearly 400,000 paper documents (license applications, forms, etc.) were converted to microform jackets in the Commission office during the period September through December.

Before Microfilming

After Microfilming

The Commission's decision to microfilm its 27-year accumulation of records was necessitated by a shortage of file storage area in the Commission office. By filming the records, 65 file cabinets of documents are now housed in one cabinet resulting in a savings of more than 780 cubic feet of storage space. More than 50 documents can be stored in each 4" x 6" jacket, and the records can be re-converted to paper when necessary.

The conversion and maintenance of the Commission's records on microfilm is expected to meet the Commission's record storage requirements for the indefinite future.