37 CFR § 203.10 - Preservation of records.

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# 203.10 Preservation of records.

The Office must preserve all correspondence pertaining to the requests that it receives under this part, as well as copies of all requested records, until disposition or destruction is authorized pursuant to title 44 of the United States Code or the General Records Schedule 4.2of the National Archives and Records Administration. The Office shall not dispose of or destroy records while they are the subject of a pending request, appeal, or lawsuit under FOIA.

[82 FR 9508, Feb. 7, 2017, as amended at 84 FR 3701, Feb. 13, 2019]