14 CFR § 406.163 - Record.

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title: "14 CFR § 406.163 - Record."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "406.163"
section_name: "Record."
chapter_name: "COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION, FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "PROCEDURE"
part_number: "406"
part_name: "INVESTIGATIONS, ENFORCEMENT, AND ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "51 U.S.C. 50901-50923."
regulatory_source: "Docket No. FAA-2001-8607, 66 FR 2180, Jan. 10, 2001, unless otherwise noted."
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# 406.163 Record.

(a) *Exclusive record.* The transcript of all testimony in the hearing; all exhibits received into evidence; the complaint, answer, and amendments thereto; all motions, applications, and requests, and responses thereto; and all rulings constitute the exclusive record for decision of the proceedings and the basis for the issuance of any orders in the proceeding.

(b) A person may keep the original document, data, or other evidence, with the consent of the administrative law judge, by substituting a legible copy for the record.