36 CFR § 1232.10 - Where can a Federal agency transfer records for storage?

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title: "36 CFR § 1232.10 - Where can a Federal agency transfer records for storage?"
title_number: 36
title_name: "Parks, Forests, and Public Property"
section_number: "1232.10"
section_name: "Where can a Federal agency transfer records for storage?"
chapter_name: "NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "RECORDS MANAGEMENT"
part_number: "1232"
part_name: "TRANSFER OF RECORDS TO RECORDS STORAGE FACILITIES"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "44 U.S.C. 2907 and 3103."
regulatory_source: "74 FR 51014, Oct. 2, 2009, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1232.10 Where can a Federal agency transfer records for storage?

Federal agencies may store records in the following types of records storage facilities, so long as the facilities meet the facility standards in 36 CFR part 1234. Records transferred to a records storage facility remain in the legal custody of the agency.

(a) NARA Federal Records Centers. NARA owns or operates records centers for the storage, processing, and servicing of records for Federal agencies under the authority of 44 U.S.C. 2907. These NARA records centers include a National Personnel Records Center that contains designated records of the Department of Defense and the Office of Personnel Management and other designated records pertaining to former Federal civilian employees. A list of NARA Federal Records Centers is available from the NARA Web site at *http://www.archives.gov/locations/index.html.*

(b) Records centers operated by or on behalf of one or more Federal agencies other than NARA.

(c) Commercial records storage facilities operated by private entities.

[74 FR 51014, Oct. 2, 2009, as amended at 83 FR 13654, Mar. 30, 2018]