Overstuffed Filing Cabinets

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Originally Posted by Alex

For bank statements, your bank (probably) should have them available online. I know both WaMu and Wells Fargo provide online versions of statements going back to the creation of the account (up to 7 years). They're just PDFs of the version you get in the mail so I look at the statements as they come in and then toss them.

I like the electronic approach, but depending on your comfort level with your bank, you might want to keep a copy of that PDF in your own file.