47 CFR § 42.01 - Applicability.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t47/s42.01"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "47 CFR § 42.01 - Applicability."
title_number: 47
title_name: "Telecommunication"
section_number: "42.01"
section_name: "Applicability."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "COMMON CARRIER SERVICES"
part_number: "42"
part_name: "PRESERVATION OF RECORDS OF COMMUNICATION COMMON CARRIERS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "47 U.S.C. 154(i), 219, 220."
regulatory_source: "51 FR 32653, Sept. 15, 1986, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "42"
---


# 42.01 Applicability.

This part prescribes the regulations governing the preservation of records of communication common carriers that are fully subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission.