36 CFR § 1251.4 - May employees provide records or give testimony in response to a demand without authorization?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t36/s1251.4"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "36 CFR § 1251.4 - May employees provide records or give testimony in response to a demand without authorization?"
title_number: 36
title_name: "Parks, Forests, and Public Property"
section_number: "1251.4"
section_name: "May employees provide records or give testimony in response to a demand without authorization?"
chapter_name: "NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "PUBLIC AVAILABILITY AND USE"
part_number: "1251"
part_name: "TESTIMONY BY NARA EMPLOYEES RELATING TO AGENCY INFORMATION AND PRODUCTION OF RECORDS IN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "44 U.S.C. 2104; 44 U.S.C. 2108; 44 U.S.C. 2109; 44 U.S.C. 2111 note; 44 U.S.C. 2112; 44 U.S.C. 2116; 44 U.S.C. ch. 22; 44 U.S.C. 3103."
regulatory_source: "73 FR 79393, Dec. 29, 2008, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1251"
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# 1251.4 May employees provide records or give testimony in response to a demand without authorization?
No, except as otherwise permitted by § 1251.14 of this part, no employee may produce records and information or provide any testimony relating to agency information in response to a demand, or other legal request, without the prior, written approval of the General Counsel.