9 CFR § 325.14 - Certificates, retention by carrier.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t9/s325.14"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "9 CFR § 325.14 - Certificates, retention by carrier."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "325.14"
section_name: "Certificates, retention by carrier."
chapter_name: "FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "AGENCY ORGANIZATION AND TERMINOLOGY; MANDATORY MEAT AND POULTRY PRODUCTS INSPECTION AND VOLUNTARY INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION"
part_number: "325"
part_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 1633, 1901-1906; 21 U.S.C. 601-695; 7 CFR 2.18, 2.53."
regulatory_source: "35 FR 15605, Oct. 3, 1970, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "325"
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# 325.14 Certificates, retention by carrier.

All original certificates delivered to a carrier in accordance with this part shall be filed separate and apart from all its other papers and records or identified in such a manner as to be readily checked by Department employees. Every certificate required to be maintained under this part shall be retained for a period of 2 years after December 31 of the year in which the transaction has occurred.