36 CFR § 1230.18 - What assistance is available to agencies to recover unlawfully removed records?

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title: "36 CFR § 1230.18 - What assistance is available to agencies to recover unlawfully removed records?"
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title_name: "Parks, Forests, and Public Property"
section_number: "1230.18"
section_name: "What assistance is available to agencies to recover unlawfully removed records?"
chapter_name: "NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "RECORDS MANAGEMENT"
part_number: "1230"
part_name: "UNLAWFUL OR ACCIDENTAL REMOVAL, DEFACING, ALTERATION, OR DESTRUCTION OF RECORDS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "44 U.S.C. 3105 and 3106."
regulatory_source: "74 FR 51014, Oct. 2, 2009, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1230.18 What assistance is available to agencies to recover unlawfully removed records?

NARA will assist the head of the agency in the recovery of any unlawfully removed records, including contacting the Attorney General, if appropriate.