[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR1.6]

[Page 102-103]
 
                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
              CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
 
PART 1--PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE--Table of Contents
 
           Subpart A--General Rules of Practice and Procedure
 
Sec. 1.6  Availability of station logs and records for Commission inspection.

    (a) Station records and logs shall be made available for inspection 
or duplication at the request of the Commission or its representative. 
Such logs or records may be removed from the licensee's possession by a 
Commission representative or, upon request, shall be mailed by the 
licensee to the Commission by either registered mail, return receipt 
requested, or certified mail, return receipt requested. The return 
receipt shall be retained by the licensee as part of the station records 
until such records or logs are returned to the licensee. A receipt shall 
be furnished when the logs or records are removed from the licensee's 
possession by a Commission representative and this receipt shall be 
retained by the licensee as part of the station records until such 
records or logs are returned to the licensee. When the Commission has no 
further need for such records or logs, they shall be returned to the 
licensee. The provisions of this rule shall apply solely to those 
station logs and records which are required to be maintained by the 
provisions of this chapter.
    (b) Where records or logs are maintained as the official records of 
a recognized law enforcement agency and the removal of the records from 
the possession of the law enforcement agency will hinder its law 
enforcement activities, such records will not be removed pursuant to 
this section if the

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chief of the law enforcement agency promptly certifies in writing to the 
Federal Communications Commission that removal of the logs or records 
will hinder law enforcement activities of the agency, stating insofar as 
feasible the basis for his decision and the date when it can reasonably 
be expected that such records will be released to the Federal 
Communications Commission.