---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 C.F.R. § 1256.44"
title: "36"
number: "1256.44"
heading: "Does NARA ever waive general restrictions?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/1256.44"
---

# §1256.44. Does NARA ever waive general restrictions?


NARA may provide access to records withheld under a general restriction only to:

- (a) NARA employees for work purposes;
- (b) The creating agency or its authorized agent in the conduct of agency business;
- (c) The donor, in the case of donated historical materials; or
- (d) **The subject of the records in some cases or the subject's authorized agent.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 2101-2118; 22 U.S.C. 1461(b); 5 U.S.C. 552; E.O. 12958 (60 FR 19825, 3 CFR, 1995 Comp., p. 333; E.O. 13292, 68 FR 15315, 3 CFR, 2003 Comp., p. 196; E.O. 13233, 66 FR 56023, 3 CFR, 2001 Comp., p. 815.

### Source

Source: 69 FR 39325, June 30, 2004, unless otherwise noted.