Title II PDF CheckGuide

Old agendas, minutes and forms under Title II: what's exempt and what isn't

Updated 2026-10-12 ยท by Hieu Tran, written with AI agents and checked against the sources below

The Title II web rule has two exceptions that matter most for document-heavy sites: archived web content and preexisting conventional electronic documents (PDFs, Word, Excel, PowerPoint posted before your compliance date). Both are narrower than they sound.

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Archived content: all four conditions

  1. Created before your compliance date (or a copy of older physical media).
  2. Kept only for reference, research or recordkeeping.
  3. Held in an area of the site clearly identified as archived.
  4. Not changed since it was archived.

Preexisting documents

PDFs and other office files posted before your date are excepted, unless someone currently needs them to apply for, gain access to or take part in a service, program or activity. A permit application, a fee schedule, a current ordinance or an upcoming meeting's packet is in use; a 2019 annual report probably isn't.

What it means in practice

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