12 CFR § 749.4 - Format for vital records preservation.

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title: "12 CFR § 749.4 - Format for vital records preservation."
title_number: 12
title_name: "Banks and Banking"
section_number: "749.4"
section_name: "Format for vital records preservation."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION"
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subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS AFFECTING CREDIT UNIONS"
part_number: "749"
part_name: "RECORDS PRESERVATION PROGRAM AND APPENDICES—RECORD RETENTION GUIDELINES; CATASTROPHIC ACT PREPAREDNESS GUIDELINES"
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authority: "12 U.S.C. 1766, 1783 and 1789, 15 U.S.C. 7001(d)."
regulatory_source: "66 FR 40579, Aug. 3, 2001, unless otherwise noted."
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# 749.4 Format for vital records preservation.

Preserved records may be in any format that can be used to reconstruct the credit union's records. The format used must accurately reflect the information in the record, remain accessible to all persons entitled to access by statute, regulation or rule of law, and be capable of reproduction by transmission, printing, or otherwise.

[72 FR 42273, Aug. 2, 2007]