22 CFR § 171.5 - Archival records.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t22/s171.5"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "22 CFR § 171.5 - Archival records."
title_number: 22
title_name: "Foreign Relations"
section_number: "171.5"
section_name: "Archival records."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF STATE"
subchapter_number: "R"
subchapter_name: "ACCESS TO INFORMATION"
part_number: "171"
part_name: "PUBLIC ACCESS TO INFORMATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "22 U.S.C. 2651a; 5 U.S.C. 552, 552a; E.O. 12600 (52 FR 23781); Pub. L. 114-185; Pub. L. 95-521, 92 Stat. 1824 (codified as amended at 5 U.S.C. Ch. 131); 5 CFR part 2634."
regulatory_source: "88 FR 71740, Oct. 18, 2023, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "171"
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# 171.5 Archival records.
The Department ordinarily transfers records designated as historically significant to the National Archives when they are 25 years old. Accordingly, requests for some Department records 25 years old or older should be submitted to the National Archives by mail addressed to Special Access and FOIA Staff (RD-F), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, Room 5500, College Park, MD 20740-6001; by fax to (301) 837-1864; or by email to *[email protected].* The Department's website, *www.foia.state.gov,* has additional information regarding archival records.