---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 22.25"
title: "28"
number: "22.25"
heading: "Final disposition of identifiable materials."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/22.25"
---

# §22.25. Final disposition of identifiable materials.


Upon completion of a research or statistical project the security of identifiable research or statistical information shall be protected by:

- (a) Complete physical destruction of all copies of the materials or the identifiable portion of such materials after a three-year required recipient retention period or as soon as authorized by law, or
- (b) **Removal of identifiers from data and separate maintenance of a name-code index in a secure location.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 801(a), 812(a), Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, 42 U.S.C. 3701, et seq., as amended (Pub. L. 90-351, as amended by Pub. L. 93-83, Pub. L. 93-415, Pub. L. 94-430, Pub. L. 94-503, Pub. L. 95-115, Pub. L. 96-157, and Pub. L. 98-473); secs. 262(b), 262(d), Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, 42 U.S.C. 5601, et seq., as amended (Pub. L. 93-415, as amended by Pub. L. 94-503, Pub. L. 95-115, Pub. L. 99-509, and Pub. L. 98-473); and secs. 1407(a) and 1407(d) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984, 42 U.S.C. 10601, et seq., Pub. L. 98-473; Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890, as amended by Pub. L. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321.

### Source

Source: 41 FR 54846, Dec. 15, 1976, unless otherwise noted.