# 37 CFR § 203.10: Preservation of records

> Federal · Regulations · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-37-203.10

## Section

- **Citation:** 37 CFR § 203.10
- **Heading:** Preservation of records
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 22, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 37—Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights > CHAPTER II—U.S. COPYRIGHT OFFICE, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS > SUBCHAPTER A—COPYRIGHT OFFICE AND PROCEDURES > PART 203—FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT: POLICIES AND PROCEDURES > Procedures

## Text

The Office must preserve all correspondence pertaining to the requests that it receives under this part, as well as copies of all requested records, until disposition or destruction is authorized pursuant to title 44 of the United States Code or the General Records Schedule 4.2of the National Archives and Records Administration. The Office shall not dispose of or destroy records while they are the subject of a pending request, appeal, or lawsuit under FOIA.
[82 FR 9508, Feb. 7, 2017, as amended at 84 FR 3701, Feb. 13, 2019]

## Nearby sections

- [37 CFR § 203.1 § 203.1 General.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-37-203.1.md)
- [37 CFR § 203.2 § 203.2 Authority and functions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-37-203.2.md)
- [37 CFR § 203.3 § 203.3 Organization.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-37-203.3.md)
- [37 CFR § 203.4 § 203.4 Proactive disclosure of Office records.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-37-203.4.md)
- [37 CFR § 203.5 § 203.5 Requirements for making requests.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-37-203.5.md)
- [37 CFR § 203.6 § 203.6 Responsibility for responding to requests.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-37-203.6.md)
- [37 CFR § 203.7 § 203.7 Timing of responses to requests.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-37-203.7.md)
- [37 CFR § 203.8 § 203.8 Responses to requests.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-37-203.8.md)
- [37 CFR § 203.9 § 203.9 Administrative appeals.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-37-203.9.md)
- [37 CFR § 203.10 § 203.10 Preservation of records.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-37-203.10.md)
- [37 CFR § 203.11 § 203.11 Fees.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-37-203.11.md)

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