[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR2.80]

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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
  CHAPTER I--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 2_REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart G_Records
 
Sec.  2.80  Records, disposition.

    (a) No dealer, exhibitor, broker, operator of an auction sale, 
carrier, or intermediate handler shall, for a period of 1 year, destroy 
or dispose of, without the consent in writing of the Administrator, any 
books, records, documents, or other papers required to be kept and 
maintained under this part.
    (b) Unless otherwise specified, the records required to be kept and 
maintained under this part shall be held for 1 year after an animal is 
euthanized or disposed of and for any period in excess of one year as 
necessary to comply with any applicable Federal, State, or local law. 
Whenever the Administrator notifies a dealer, exhibitor, broker, 
operator of an auction sale, carrier, or intermediate handler in writing 
that specified records shall be retained pending completion of an 
investigation or proceeding under the Act, the dealer, exhibitor, 
broker, operator of an auction sale, carrier, or intermediate handler 
shall hold those records until their disposition is authorized by the 
Administrator.