---
kind: "section"
citation: "31 C.F.R. § 700.4"
title: "31"
number: "700.4"
heading: "Preservation of property."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/31/700.4"
---

# §700.4. Preservation of property.


It shall be unlawful for any person without proper authority to willfully destroy, damage, deface, or remove property (including Federal records) or any part thereof or any furnishing therein.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 31 U.S.C. 321; Treasury Department Order No. 140-01, dated September 20, 1994; 41 FR 5869, dated Feb. 10, 1996.

### Source

Source: 63 FR 39730, July 24, 1998, unless otherwise noted.