Federal · Title 44 — Public Printing and Documents

44 U.S.C. § 3105: Safeguards

Civil

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This statute requires agencies to preserve records in their custody and not remove or destroy them except as permitted by law. Penalties for unlawful removal or destruction are governed by other statutes.

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that records in the custody of the agency are not to be alienated or destroyed except in accordance with sections 3301–3314 of this title, and the penalties provided by law for the unlawful removal or destruction of records.

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