---
kind: "section"
citation: "39 C.F.R. § 264.3"
title: "39"
number: "264.3"
heading: "Responsibility."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/39/264.3"
---

# §264.3. Responsibility.

- (a) **Manager, Records Office.** The Manager, Records Office, is responsible for categorizing records as vital, and in conjunction with the Chief Postal Inspector/Emergency Coordinator shall establish and maintain the vital records program, and ensure compliance with supportive procedures.
- (b) **Chief Postal Inspector.** As the Postal Service's Emergency Coordinator, the Chief Postal Inspector shall establish and maintain a program to ensure that vital records are available at predesignated off-site locations for use during a national emergency.
- (c) **Custodians.** Custodians are responsible for following vital records program procedures including the forwarding of vital records to predesignated off-site locations.

## Notes

### Amendments

[44 FR 51224, Aug. 31, 1979, as amended at 60 FR 57344, Nov. 15, 1995; 64 FR 41290, July 30, 1999; 68 FR 56558, Oct. 1, 2003]

### Authority

Authority: 39 U.S.C. 401.

### Source

Source: 44 FR 51224, Aug. 31, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[44 FR 51224, Aug. 31, 1979, as amended at 60 FR 57344, Nov. 15, 1995; 64 FR 41290, July 30, 1999; 68 FR 56558, Oct. 1, 2003]