[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 31, Volume 2] [Revised as of July 1, 2004] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 31CFR904.3] [Page 1349] TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE: TREASURY CHAPTER IX--FEDERAL CLAIMS COLLECTION STANDARDS (DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE) PART 904_REFERRALS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE--Table of Contents Sec. 904.3 Preservation of evidence. Referring agencies must take care to preserve all files and records that may be needed by the Department of Justice to prove their claims in court. Agencies ordinarily should include certified copies of the documents that form the basis for the claim in the packages referring their claims to the Department of Justice for litigation. Agencies shall provide originals of such documents immediately upon request by the Department of Justice.