---
kind: "section"
citation: "27 C.F.R. § 447.34"
title: "27"
number: "447.34"
heading: "Maintenance of records by persons required to register as importers of Import List articles."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/27/447.34"
---

# §447.34. Maintenance of records by persons required to register as importers of Import List articles.

- (a) Registrants under this part engaged in the business of importing articles subject to controls under 27 CFR Parts [478](/cfr/27/part478.md) and [479](/cfr/27/part479.md) shall maintain records in accordance with the applicable provisions of those parts.
- (b) Registrants under this part engaged in importing articles on the U.S. Munitions Import List subject to the permit procedures of [subpart E](/cfr/27/subpartE.md) of this part must maintain for a period of 6 years records bearing on such articles imported, including records concerning their acquisition and disposition, including Forms 6 and 6A. The appropriate ATF officer may prescribe a longer or shorter period in individual cases as such officer deems necessary. See [§ 478.129](/cfr/27/478.129.md) of this chapter for articles subject to import control under [part 478](/cfr/27/part478.md) of this chapter.

## Notes

### Amendments

[T.D. ATF-8, 39 FR 3251, Jan. 25, 1974, as amended by T.D. ATF-172, 49 FR 14941, Apr. 16, 1984; T.D. ATF-215, 50 FR 42161, Oct. 18, 1985; T.D. ATF-426, 65 FR 38197, June 20, 2000; T.D. ATF-484, 67 FR 64526, Oct. 21, 2002; ATF-11F, 73 FR 57240, Oct. 2, 2008]

### Authority

Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2778; E.O. 13637, 78 FR 16129 (Mar. 8, 2013).

### Source

Source: T.D. ATF-8, 39 FR 3251, Jan. 25, 1974, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated by T.D. ATF-487, 68 FR 3747, Jan. 24, 2003.

### Amendments

[T.D. ATF-8, 39 FR 3251, Jan. 25, 1974, as amended by T.D. ATF-172, 49 FR 14941, Apr. 16, 1984; T.D. ATF-215, 50 FR 42161, Oct. 18, 1985; T.D. ATF-426, 65 FR 38197, June 20, 2000; T.D. ATF-484, 67 FR 64526, Oct. 21, 2002; ATF-11F, 73 FR 57240, Oct. 2, 2008]