49 CFR § 379.7 - Preservation of records.

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title: "49 CFR § 379.7 - Preservation of records."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "379.7"
section_name: "Preservation of records."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
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subchapter_name: "FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY REGULATIONS"
part_number: "379"
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authority: "49 U.S.C. 13301, 14122 and 14123; and 49 CFR 1.87."
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# 379.7 Preservation of records.

(a) All records may be preserved by any technology that accurately reflects all of the information in the record and remains accessible in a form that can be accurately reproduced later for reference.

(b) Common information, such as instructions, need not be preserved for each record as long as it is common to all such forms and an identified specimen of the form is maintained for reference.

[83 FR 16225, Apr. 16, 2018]