24 CFR § 1000.552 - How long must the recipient maintain program records?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t24/s1000.552"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "24 CFR § 1000.552 - How long must the recipient maintain program records?"
title_number: 24
title_name: "Housing and Urban Development"
section_number: "1000.552"
section_name: "How long must the recipient maintain program records?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT"
part_number: "1000"
part_name: "NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING ACTIVITIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "25 U.S.C. 4101 42 U.S.C. 3535(d)."
regulatory_source: "63 FR 12349, Mar. 12, 1998, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1000"
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# 1000.552 How long must the recipient maintain program records?
(a) This section applies to all financial and programmatic records, supporting documents, and statistical records of the recipient which are required to be maintained by the statute, regulation, or grant agreement.
(b) Except as otherwise provided herein, records must be retained for 3 years from the end of the tribal program year during which the funds were expended.
(c) If any litigation, claim, negotiation, audit or other action involving the records has been started before the expiration of the 3-year period, the records must be retained until completion of the action and resolution of all issues which arise from it, or until the end of the regular 3-year period, whichever is later.
[63 FR 12349, Mar. 12, 1998, as amended at 77 FR 71530, Dec. 3, 2012]