---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 107.504"
title: "49"
number: "107.504"
heading: "Period of registration, updates, and record retention."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/107.504"
---

# §107.504. Period of registration, updates, and record retention.

- (a) Registration will be for a maximum of six years from the date of the original registration.
- (b) Any correspondence with the Department must contain the registrant's name and registration number.
- (c) A registration must be renewed every six years or within thirty days of reissuance of an ASME or National Board Certification, whichever occurs first, by submitting an up-to-date registration statement containing the information prescribed by [§ 107.503](/cfr/49/107.503.md). Any person initially registered under the provisions of [§ 107.502](/cfr/49/107.502.md) and who is in good standing is eligible for renewal.
- (d) A registrant shall provide written notification to the Department within thirty days of any of the following occurrences:
  - (1) Any change in the registration information submitted under [§ 107.503](/cfr/49/107.503.md);
  - (2) Replacement of the person responsible for compliance with the requirements in [§ 107.503(a)(4)](/cfr/49/107.503.md?p=a-4). If this occurs, the registrant shall resubmit the required certification;
  - (3) Loss of ASME or National Board Certificate of Authorization; or
  - (4) A change in function; such as, from assembly to manufacture, an addition of a function, or a change to the types of inspections, tests or certifications of cargo tanks or cargo tank motor vehicles.
- (e) Each registrant shall maintain a current copy of the registration information submitted to the Department and a current copy of the registration number identification received from the Department at the location identified in [§ 107.503(a)(2)](/cfr/49/107.503.md?p=a-2) during such time the person is registered with the Department and for two years thereafter.
- (f) The issuance of a registration number under this subpart is not an approval or endorsement by the Department of the qualifications of any person to perform the specified functions.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Amdt. 107-20, 54 FR 25003, June 12, 1989; 55 FR 37048, Sept. 7, 1990, as amended by Amdt. 107-20, 56 FR 27875, June 17, 1991; Amdt. 107-37, 61 FR 18931, Apr. 29, 1996; 71 FR 54390, Sept. 14, 2006]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 5101-5128, 44701; Pub. L. 101-410 Section 4; Pub. L. 104-121 Sections 212-213; Pub. L. 104-134 Section 31001; Pub. L. 114-74 Section 701 (28 U.S.C. 2461 note); 49 CFR 1.81 and 1.97; 33 U.S.C. 1321.

### Amendments

[Amdt. 107-20, 54 FR 25003, June 12, 1989; 55 FR 37048, Sept. 7, 1990, as amended by Amdt. 107-20, 56 FR 27875, June 17, 1991; Amdt. 107-37, 61 FR 18931, Apr. 29, 1996; 71 FR 54390, Sept. 14, 2006]