49 CFR § 379.1 - Applicability.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s379.1"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "49 CFR § 379.1 - Applicability."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "379.1"
section_name: "Applicability."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY REGULATIONS"
part_number: "379"
part_name: "PRESERVATION OF RECORDS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "49 U.S.C. 13301, 14122 and 14123; and 49 CFR 1.87."
regulatory_source: "62 FR 32044, June 12, 1997, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "379"
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# 379.1 Applicability.

(a) The preservation of record rules contained in this part shall apply to the following:

(1) Motor carriers and brokers;

(2) Water carriers; and

(3) Household goods freight forwarders.

(b) This part applies also to the preservation of accounts, records and memoranda of traffic associations, weighing and inspection bureaus, and other joint activities maintained by or on behalf of companies listed in paragraph (a) of this section.