---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 159.007-13"
title: "46"
number: "159.007-13"
heading: "Production inspections and tests: Records."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/159.007-13"
---

# §159.007-13. Production inspections and tests: Records.

- (a) The manufacturer must have a completed record with the following information for each production inspection and test:
  - (1) **The time, date and place of each inspection and test.**
  - (2) **The name and title of each person performing, supervising and witnessing the inspections or tests.**
  - (3) The performance data for each test required in the applicable subpart, including a description of each failure.
  - (4) **A description or photographs of the procedures and apparatus used in the inspections or tests.**
- (b) The manufacturer must retain each record under this section for at least 60 months after the month in which the inspection or test was conducted.
- (c) The records must be made available for examination by the Commandant upon request.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4; Section 159.001-9 also issued under the authority of 44 U.S.C. 3507.

### Source

Source: CGD 76-048, 44 FR 73043, Dec. 17, 1979, unless otherwise noted.