Quote Originally Posted by David Merrill View Post
Yes!!

That makes sense; thank you for mentioning that. We indict ourselves with Information and unless we renew the indictments they become invalid by Statute of Limitations - three years. If this is true, then all usable traces of the SSN and so forth deteriorate after three years.
Most records are deleted after 3 - 5 years.

IRS records are held for 20 years I believe.
Some records are held forever.
You could probably find a chart somewhere concerning record retention schedules. Some are set by law such as banking records.

If you don't speak and act to keep such records alive, they expire all on their own.

Concerning those records held forever, why claim them?