[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 49, Volume 1] [Revised as of October 1, 2003] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 49CFR7.9] [Page 59] TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Transportation PART 7_PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION--Table of Contents Subpart B_Information Required To Be Made Public by DOT Sec. 7.9 Protection of records. (a) Records made available for inspection and copying may not be removed, altered, destroyed, or mutilated. (b) 18 U.S.C. 641 provides for criminal penalties for embezzlement or theft of government records. (c) 18 U.S.C. 2071 provides for criminal penalties for the willful and unlawful concealment, mutilation or destruction of, or the attempt to conceal, mutilate, or destroy, government records.