---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 197.488"
title: "46"
number: "197.488"
heading: "Retention of records after casualty."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/197.488"
---

# §197.488. Retention of records after casualty.

- (a) The owner, agent, or person-in-charge of a vessel or facility for which a report of casualty is made under [§ 197.484](/cfr/46/197.484.md) shall retain all records onboard that are maintained on the vessel or facility and those records required by this subpart for 6 months after the report of a casualty is made or until advised by the Officer-in-Charge, Marine Inspection, that records need not be retained onboard.
- (b) The records required by [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section to be retained on board include, but are not limited to, the following:
  - (1) All logbooks required by [§ 197.480](/cfr/46/197.480.md).
  - (2) All reports required by [§ 197.402(a)(2)(ii)](/cfr/46/197.402.md?p=a-2-ii), [§ 197.404(a)(4)](/cfr/46/197.404.md?p=a-4), [§ 197.410(a)(9)](/cfr/46/197.410.md?p=a-9).
- (c) The owner, agent, person-in-charge, or diving supervisor shall, upon request, make the records described in this section available for examination by any Coast Guard official authorized to investigate the casualty.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1509; 43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703, 6101; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGD 76-009, 43 FR 53683, Nov. 16, 1978, unless otherwise noted.