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28 CFR § 20.1 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s20.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "28 CFR § 20.1 - Purpose."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "20.1"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
part_number: "20"
part_name: "CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEMS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "28 U.S.C. 534; Pub. L. 92-544, 86 Stat. 1115; 42 U.S.C. 3711  Pub. L. 99-169, 99 Stat. 1002, 1008-1011, as amended by Pub. L. 99-569, 100 Stat. 3190, 3196; Pub. L. 101-515, as amended by Pub. L. 104-99, set out in the notes to 28 U.S.C. 534.; Pub. L. 117-159, 136 Stat. 1313, 1331."
regulatory_source: "Order No. 601-75, 40 FR 22114, May 20, 1975, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "20"
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# 20.1 Purpose.

It is the purpose of these regulations to assure that criminal history record information wherever it appears is collected, stored, and disseminated in a manner to ensure the accuracy, completeness, currency, integrity, and security of such information and to protect individual privacy.

[Order No. 2258-99, 64 FR 52226, Sept. 28, 1999]