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National Archives and Records Administration Fax Number — Online First, Fax When Needed

The quickest route to National Archives and Records Administration is often the National Archives Catalog and eVetRecs, with a fax reserved for what the portal does not take. National Archives and Records Administration is a federal agency headquartered in College Park, Maryland. This guide covers when a fax still makes sense, where it goes, and how to confirm the current line.

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National Archives and Records Administration Fax Number

Confirm National Archives and Records Administration's current fax on its official .gov contact page before you send

Hours: National Archives and Records Administration receives faxes at any hour, but the offices that process them keep weekday business hours.

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What You Can Fax to National Archives and Records Administration

  • A signed authorization if someone is acting on your behalf
  • A records or FOIA request naming the records you want
  • A copy of the notice or case number the document responds to
  • A completed form addressed to the right office, with a cover sheet naming it
  • A callback number and email so staff can reach you with a question
Tip: Put your full name and any case, receipt, or file number on every page so National Archives and Records Administration can match documents that get separated. Name the receiving office on the cover sheet — the office that handles your request or the office on your notice — and add a callback number. Check whether National Archives and Records Administration accepts a fax for your request at all, then combine the pages into one job.

Online first, fax as a fallback at National Archives and Records Administration

The quickest path to National Archives and Records Administration is often the National Archives Catalog and eVetRecs, with a fax reserved for what the portal does not take. The online system usually tells you whether your document can be uploaded instead of faxed. Confirm the current fax with National Archives and Records Administration before you send anything time-sensitive.

How a request moves at National Archives and Records Administration

A FOIA request to National Archives and Records Administration names the records, the timeframe, and your identifiers. A complete request — the records named, the timeframe, and your identifiers — avoids a follow-up. Address the cover sheet to the records office and include a callback number.

Confirming the right fax at National Archives and Records Administration

A fax number copied from a search result may be stale; National Archives and Records Administration has the current one. Start on National Archives and Records Administration's official .gov page, then confirm the office and fax by phone. That one confirmation is what keeps the paperwork out of the wrong queue.

Faxing to National Archives and Records Administration — FAQ

Incoming faxes to National Archives and Records Administration are never turned away by the hour, but processing is not immediate. Administrative offices keep a Monday-to-Friday schedule. Flag anything time-sensitive on the cover sheet so it is not treated as routine.

Faxing to National Archives and Records Administration is fine as long as the channel is encrypted. An unsecured line in a shared space cannot promise the confidentiality these records deserve. Send FAX Mail plans run $12.99 to $169.99/month, and every page to National Archives and Records Administration is encrypted with a confirmation. The safeguard is the service you use, not the act of faxing.

Get it from the office that will receive the document rather than an old listing. Reach the specific National Archives and Records Administration office by phone and confirm the fax it uses today. Keep the working number with your file for next time.

The office that owns your request is the one to fax at National Archives and Records Administration. Your notice or the form instructions usually name it. Once you know the office, confirm its current fax before sending.

Send the request to the records office, naming the records and the timeframe. Get the records office's line from National Archives and Records Administration directly. Keep the confirmation until the office acknowledges receipt. Name the receiving office on the cover sheet so it is not misrouted. Doing it that way avoids the most common cause of a delay.

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