---
kind: "unit"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Parks, Forests, and Public Property"
key: "chXII/subchB/part1230"
level: "part"
label: "Part 1230"
heading: "Unlawful or Accidental Removal, Defacing, Alteration, or Destruction of Records"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/chXII-subchB-part1230"
sections_count: 8
---

# Part 1230 — Unlawful or Accidental Removal, Defacing, Alteration, or Destruction of Records

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

## Sections

- [§1230.1. What are the authorities for part 1230?](/cfr/36/1230.1.md)
- [§1230.2. What standards are used as guidance for this part?](/cfr/36/1230.2.md)
- [§1230.3. What definitions apply to this part?](/cfr/36/1230.3.md)
- [§1230.10. Who is responsible for preventing the unlawful or accidental removal, defacing, alteration, or destruction of records?](/cfr/36/1230.10.md)
- [§1230.12. What are the penalties for unlawful or accidental removal, defacing, alteration, or destruction of records?](/cfr/36/1230.12.md)
- [§1230.14. How do agencies report incidents?](/cfr/36/1230.14.md)
- [§1230.16. How does NARA handle allegations of unlawful or accidental removal, defacing, alteration, or destruction?](/cfr/36/1230.16.md)
- [§1230.18. What assistance is available to agencies to recover unlawfully removed records?](/cfr/36/1230.18.md)