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§ 379.7 Preservation of records.

Current wording, effective June 15, 2018.

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What changedOct. 1, 1998 wording → June 15, 2018 wording (current)+27 added−153 removedHide

(a) All records may be preserved by any technology that isaccurately immunereflects toall alteration, modification, or erasure of the underlyinginformation data and will enable production of an accurate and unaltered paper copy.
(b) Records not originally preserved on hard copy shall be accompanied by a statement executed by a person having personal knowledge of the facts indicating the type of data included within the records. One comprehensive statement may be executed in lieu of individual statements for multiple records if the typerecord ofand dataremains includedaccessible in the multiple records is common to all such records. The records shall be indexed and retained in such a mannerform as will render them readily accessible. The company shall have facilities available to locate, identify and produce legible paper copies of the records.
(c) Any significant characteristic, feature or other attribute that acan particular medium will not preserve shall be clearlyaccurately indicatedreproduced atlater thefor beginning of the applicable records as appropriatereference.
(db) TheCommon printed side of formsinformation, such as instructions, need not be preserved for each record as long as theit printed matter is common to all such forms and an identified specimen of the form is maintained onfor thereference.
[83 mediumFR for16225, referenceApr. 16, 2018]

49 CFR § 379.7 — Preservation of records.. Text current through October 22, 2026. This wording effective June 15, 2018 to present. Source: eCFR (current), https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/section-379.7. Retrieved from FMCSR.com, https://fmcsr.com/reg/379.7, on October 26, 2026. Unofficial compilation; verify against the official source.

(a) All records may be preserved by any technology that accurately reflects all of the information in the record and remains accessible in a form that can be accurately reproduced later for reference.

(b) Common information, such as instructions, need not be preserved for each record as long as it is common to all such forms and an identified specimen of the form is maintained for reference.

[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.