Under the Public Records Act, any final action that transfers control of a record, or sells, alters, destroys, or discharges it. Broader ; altering a signed decision can itself count as disposal.
Disposal is broader than deletion. Under the Act it covers transferring control, selling, altering, destroying, or , which is why editing a signed decision memo can itself be disposal. Always follow your disposal authority and process.
Disposal includes transfer of control, sale, alteration, destruction, and discharge , not just deletion. Because alteration is included, changing a finalised record can be a disposal action.
IAR turns terms like this into working practice: assets classified against your disposal authority, stewarded by position, and ready to evidence.