14 CFR § 249.9 - Carriers going out of business.

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title: "14 CFR § 249.9 - Carriers going out of business."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "249.9"
section_name: "Carriers going out of business."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS)"
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subchapter_name: "ECONOMIC REGULATIONS"
part_number: "249"
part_name: "PRESERVATION OF AIR CARRIER RECORDS"
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authority: "49 U.S.C. 329 and chapters 401, 411, 413, 417."
regulatory_source: "ER-1214, 46 FR 25415, May 6, 1981, unless otherwise noted."
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# 249.9 Carriers going out of business.

The records referred to in these regulations may be destroyed after the business is discontinued and the carrier is completely liquidated. The records may not be destroyed until dissolution is final and all transactions and litigations are completed. When a carrier is merged with another company which is regulated by the DOT, the successor company shall preserve records of the merged company in accordance with this part.

[ER-1214, 46 FR 25415, May 6, 1981, as amended at 60 FR 66725, Dec. 26, 1995; Doc. No. DOT-OST-2014-0140, 84 FR 15932, Apr. 16, 2019]