30 CFR § 1212.50 - Required recordkeeping and reports.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s1212.50"
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title: "30 CFR § 1212.50 - Required recordkeeping and reports."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "1212.50"
section_name: "Required recordkeeping and reports."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF NATURAL RESOURCES REVENUE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "NATURAL RESOURCES REVENUE"
part_number: "1212"
part_name: "RECORDS AND FILES MAINTENANCE"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301  25 U.S.C. 396  396a  2101  30 U.S.C. 181  351  1001  1701  31 U.S.C. 9701; 43 U.S.C. 1301  1331  and 1801"
regulatory_source: "48 FR 35641, Aug. 5, 1983, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 75 FR 61084, Oct. 4, 2010."
cfr_part: "1212"
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# 1212.50 Required recordkeeping and reports.

All records pertaining to offshore and onshore Federal and Indian oil and gas leases shall be maintained by a lessee, operator, revenue payor, or other person for 6 years after the records are generated unless the recordholder is notified, in writing, that records must be maintained for a longer period. When an audit or investigation is underway, records shall be maintained until the recordholder is released by written notice of the obligation to maintain records.

[49 FR 37345, Sept. 21, 1984]