---
kind: "unit"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Parks, Forests, and Public Property"
key: "chXII/subchB/part1229"
level: "part"
label: "Part 1229"
heading: "Emergency Authorization to Destroy Records"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/chXII-subchB-part1229"
sections_count: 5
---

# Part 1229 — Emergency Authorization to Destroy Records

Title 36 C.F.R. — Parks, Forests, and Public Property › Chapter XII — National Archives and Records Administration › Subchapter B — Records Management

## Sections

- [§1229.1. What is the scope of this part?](/cfr/36/1229.1.md)
- [§1229.2. What are the authorities for this part?](/cfr/36/1229.2.md)
- [§1229.3. What definitions apply to this part?](/cfr/36/1229.3.md)
- [§1229.10. What steps must be taken when records are a continuing menace to health or life, or to property?](/cfr/36/1229.10.md)
- [§1229.12. What are the requirements during a state of war or threatened war?](/cfr/36/1229.12.md)