---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 1627.5"
title: "29"
number: "1627.5"
heading: "Records to be kept by labor organizations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/1627.5"
---

# §1627.5. Records to be kept by labor organizations.

- (a) Every labor organization shall keep current records identifying its members by name, address, and date of birth.
- (b) Every labor organization shall, except as provided in [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section, keep for a period of 1 year from the making thereof, a record of the name, address, and age of any individual seeking membership in the organization. An individual seeking membership is considered to be a person who files an application for membership or who, in some other manner, indicates a specific intention to be considered for membership, but does not include any individual who is serving for a stated limited probationary period prior to permanent employment and formal union membership. A person who merely makes an inquiry about the labor organization or, for example, about its general program, is not considered to be an individual seeking membership in a labor organization.
- (c) When an enforcement action is commenced under section 7 of the Act regarding a labor organization, the Commission or its authorized representative shall require the labor organization to retain any record required to be kept under [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section which is relative to such action until the final disposition thereof.
- (d) Whenever a labor organization has an obligation as an “employer” or as an “employment agency” under the Act, the labor organization must also comply with the recordkeeping requirements set forth in [§ 1627.3](/cfr/29/1627.3.md) or [§ 1627.4](/cfr/29/1627.4.md), as appropriate.

## Notes

### Amendments

[44 FR 38459, July 2, 1979, as amended at 46 FR 63268, Dec. 31, 1981; 56 FR 35756, July 26, 1991]

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 7, 81 Stat. 604; 29 U.S.C. 626; sec. 11, 52 Stat. 1066, 29 U.S.C. 211; sec. 12, 29 U.S.C. 631, Pub. L. 99-592, 100 Stat. 3342; sec. 2, Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1978, 43 FR 19807.

### Source

Source: 44 FR 38459, July 2, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[44 FR 38459, July 2, 1979, as amended at 46 FR 63268, Dec. 31, 1981; 56 FR 35756, July 26, 1991]