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§ 379.5 Protection and storage of records.

Current wording, effective June 15, 2018.

eCFR (current) ↗
What changedOct. 1, 1998 wording → June 15, 2018 wording (current)+26 added−32 removedHide

(a) The companyentity shall protect records subject to this part from firesdestruction, floodsdeterioration, andunauthorized other hazardsaccess, andmodification safeguard the records from unnecessary exposure to deterioration from excessive humidity, dryness, and/or lackdata of ventilationcorruption.
(b) The companyentity shall notify the Secretary if prescribed records are substantially destroyed, or damaged, beforeaccessed theand termmodified ofwithout theauthorization, prescribedor retentionotherwise periodscorrupted.
[83 FR 16225, Apr. 16, 2018]

49 CFR § 379.5 — Protection and storage of records.. Text current through October 15, 2026. This wording effective June 15, 2018 to present. Source: eCFR (current), https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/section-379.5. Retrieved from FMCSR.com, https://fmcsr.com/reg/379.5, on October 26, 2026. Unofficial compilation; verify against the official source.

(a) The entity shall protect records subject to this part from destruction, deterioration, unauthorized access, modification and/or data corruption.

(b) The entity shall notify the Secretary if prescribed records are substantially destroyed, damaged, accessed and modified without authorization, or otherwise corrupted.

[83 FR 16225, Apr. 16, 2018]

Amendment history

3 distinct wordings on file since Oct. 1, 1998
  1. June 15, 2018 → presenteCFR, day-precisediff vs. previousviewing
    [83 FR 16225, Apr. 16, 2018]
  2. April 16, 2018 → June 15, 2018eCFR, day-precisediff vs. previous
  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. Set a case date in the header to read any earlier wording.