diff --git a/app/models/concerns/contact/archivable.rb b/app/models/concerns/contact/archivable.rb
index 656e86a6a..6e4edb958 100644
--- a/app/models/concerns/contact/archivable.rb
+++ b/app/models/concerns/contact/archivable.rb
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ module Concerns
         inactive
       end
 
-      def archive
-        raise 'Contact cannot be archived' unless archivable?(post: true)
+      def archive(verified: false)
+        unless verified
+          raise 'Contact cannot be archived' unless archivable?(post: true)
+        end
 
         destroy!
       end
diff --git a/app/models/inactive_contacts.rb b/app/models/inactive_contacts.rb
index 948b1f0bf..0899a751f 100644
--- a/app/models/inactive_contacts.rb
+++ b/app/models/inactive_contacts.rb
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ class InactiveContacts
     @contacts = contacts
   end
 
-  def archive
+  def archive(verified: false)
     contacts.each do |contact|
       log("Archiving contact: id(#{contact.id}), code(#{contact.code})")
 
-      contact.archive
+      contact.archive(verified: verified)
       yield contact if block_given?
     end
   end
diff --git a/lib/tasks/contacts/archive.rake b/lib/tasks/contacts/archive.rake
index 6ed29969f..6eb23b0b7 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/contacts/archive.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/contacts/archive.rake
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ namespace :contacts do
   task archive: :environment do
     puts 'Starting to gather archivable contacts'
     inactive_contacts = InactiveContacts.new
-    archived_contacts = inactive_contacts.archive
+    archived_contacts = inactive_contacts.archive(verified: true)
 
     puts "Archived total: #{archived_contacts.count}"
   end