---
kind: "section"
citation: "24 C.F.R. § 1000.552"
title: "24"
number: "1000.552"
heading: "How long must the recipient maintain program records?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/24/1000.552"
---

# §1000.552. How long must the recipient maintain program records?

- (a) This section applies to all financial and programmatic records, supporting documents, and statistical records of the recipient which are required to be maintained by the statute, regulation, or grant agreement.
- (b) Except as otherwise provided herein, records must be retained for 3 years from the end of the tribal program year during which the funds were expended.
- (c) If any litigation, claim, negotiation, audit or other action involving the records has been started before the expiration of the 3-year period, the records must be retained until completion of the action and resolution of all issues which arise from it, or until the end of the regular 3-year period, whichever is later.

## Notes

### Amendments

[63 FR 12349, Mar. 12, 1998, as amended at 77 FR 71530, Dec. 3, 2012]

### Authority

Authority: 25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 3535(d).

### Source

Source: 63 FR 12349, Mar. 12, 1998, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[63 FR 12349, Mar. 12, 1998, as amended at 77 FR 71530, Dec. 3, 2012]