[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 6]
[Revised as of October 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR576.5]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                   CHAPTER V--NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC
                    SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT
                            OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 576_RECORD RETENTION--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  576.5  Basic requirements.

    (a) Each manufacturer of motor vehicles, child restraint systems, 
and tires shall retain, as specified in Sec.  576.7 of this part, all 
records described in Sec.  576.6 of this part for a period of five 
calendar years from the date on which they were generated or acquired by 
the manufacturer.
    (b) Each manufacturer of motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment 
shall retain, as specified in Sec.  576.7 of this part, all the 
underlying records on which the information reported under part 579 of 
this chapter is based, for a period of five calendar years from the date 
on which they were generated or acquired by the manufacturer, except as 
provided in paragraph (c) of this section.
    (c) Manufacturers need not retain copies of documents transmitted to 
NHTSA pursuant to parts 573, 577, and 579 of this chapter.

[67 FR 45873, July 10, 2002]