---
kind: "section"
citation: "12 C.F.R. § 749.0"
title: "12"
number: "749.0"
heading: "Purpose and scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/12/749.0"
---

# §749.0. Purpose and scope.

- (a) This part describes the obligations of a federally insured credit union to maintain a vital records preservation program to identify, store, and reconstruct vital records in the event such records are destroyed.
- (b) This part does not supersede records preservation requirements that may apply to a credit union pursuant to other law or regulation.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1756, 1766(a), 1784, 1786, 1789; 15 U.S.C. 7001(d).

### Source

Source: 91 FR 36076, June 16, 2026, unless otherwise noted.