---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 1244.6"
title: "49"
number: "1244.6"
heading: "Retention of files."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/1244.6"
---

# §1244.6. Retention of files.

- (a) Subject railroads shall retain the underlying hard copy waybills or facsimiles capable of producing legible copies, which shall be complete including inbound references for transit waybills, for a minimum period of four years.
- (b) This file of retained waybills shall be maintained in such a manner that railroads may readily retrieve waybill copies using the waybill identifier code as shown on the submitted waybill record.

## Notes

### Amendments

[85 FR 54941, Sept. 3, 2020]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 1321, 10707, 11144, 11145.

### Source

Source: 46 FR 26784, May 15, 1981, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[85 FR 54941, Sept. 3, 2020]