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15 CFR § 786.3 - Destruction or disposal of records.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t15/s786.3"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "15 CFR § 786.3 - Destruction or disposal of records."
title_number: 15
title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "786.3"
section_name: "Destruction or disposal of records."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL REGULATIONS"
part_number: "786"
part_name: "RECORDS AND RECORDKEEPING"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "United States Additional Protocol Implementation Act of 2006, Pub. Law No. 109-401, 120 Stat. 2726 (December 18, 2006) (to be codified at 22 U.S.C. 8101-8181); Executive Order 13458 (February 4, 2008)."
regulatory_source: "73 FR 65128, Oct. 31, 2008, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "786"
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# 786.3 Destruction or disposal of records.

If BIS or any other authorized U.S. government agency makes a formal or informal request for a certain record or records, such record or records may not be destroyed or disposed of without the written authorization of the requesting entity.