Historical textIn force on Jan. 1, 2017Source: eCFR
§ 379.5 Protection and storage of records.
Wording first on file in the 1998 annual edition, superseded April 16, 2018.
49 CFR § 379.5 — Protection and storage of records.. Text in force on January 1, 2017. This wording effective October 1, 1998 to April 16, 2018. Source: eCFR as of January 1, 2017, https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2017-01-01/title-49/section-379.5. Retrieved from FMCSR.com, https://fmcsr.com/reg/379.5?asof=2017-01-01, on October 26, 2026. Unofficial compilation; verify against the official source.
(a) The company shall protect records subject to this part from fires, floods, and other hazards, and safeguard the records from unnecessary exposure to deterioration from excessive humidity, dryness, or lack of ventilation.
(b) The company shall notify the Secretary if prescribed records are substantially destroyed or damaged before the term of the prescribed retention periods.
Amendment history
3 distinct wordings on file since Oct. 1, 1998- [83 FR 16225, Apr. 16, 2018]
A new entry appears whenever the regulatory words change between government snapshots. Day-precise from the eCFR (2017 onward); before that, one snapshot per annual CFR edition (revised as of October 1). Bracketed citations are the Federal Register history printed with the section.