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28 CFR § 22.25 - Final disposition of identifiable materials.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s22.25"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "28 CFR § 22.25 - Final disposition of identifiable materials."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "22.25"
section_name: "Final disposition of identifiable materials."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
part_number: "22"
part_name: "CONFIDENTIALITY OF IDENTIFIABLE RESEARCH AND STATISTICAL INFORMATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Secs. 801(a), 812(a), Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, 42 U.S.C. 3701,  as amended (Pub. L. 90-351, as amended by Pub. L. 93-83, Pub. L. 93-415, Pub. L. 94-430, Pub. L. 94-503, Pub. L. 95-115, Pub. L. 96-157, and Pub. L. 98-473); secs. 262(b), 262(d), Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, 42 U.S.C. 5601,  as amended (Pub. L. 93-415, as amended by Pub. L. 94-503, Pub. L. 95-115, Pub. L. 99-509, and Pub. L. 98-473); and secs. 1407(a) and 1407(d) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984, 42 U.S.C. 10601,  Pub. L. 98-473; Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890, as amended by Pub. L. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321."
regulatory_source: "41 FR 54846, Dec. 15, 1976, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "22"
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# 22.25 Final disposition of identifiable materials.

Upon completion of a research or statistical project the security of identifiable research or statistical information shall be protected by:

(a) Complete physical destruction of all copies of the materials or the identifiable portion of such materials after a three-year required recipient retention period or as soon as authorized by law, or

(b) Removal of identifiers from data and separate maintenance of a name-code index in a secure location.

The Privacy Certificate shall indicate the procedures to be followed and shall, in the case of paragraph (b) of this section, describe procedures to secure the name index.