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§ 379.5 Protection and storage of records.

Wording effective April 16, 2018, superseded June 15, 2018.

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Link to an amendment published at 83 FR 16225, Apr. 16, 2018.
(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.

49 CFR § 379.5 — Protection and storage of records.. Text in force on April 16, 2018. This wording effective April 16, 2018 to June 15, 2018. Source: eCFR as of April 16, 2018, https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2018-04-16/title-49/section-379.5. Retrieved from FMCSR.com, https://fmcsr.com/reg/379.5?asof=2018-04-16, on October 26, 2026. Unofficial compilation; verify against the official source.

Link to an amendment published at 83 FR 16225, Apr. 16, 2018.

(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
  1. June 15, 2018 → presenteCFR, day-precisediff vs. previous
    [83 FR 16225, Apr. 16, 2018]
  2. April 16, 2018 → June 15, 2018eCFR, day-precisediff vs. previousviewing
  3. Oct. 1, 1998 → April 16, 2018annual editions 1998–2016

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.