---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 576.5"
title: "49"
number: "576.5"
heading: "Basic requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/576.5"
---

# §576.5. Basic requirements.

- (a) Each manufacturer of motor vehicles, child restraint systems, and tires shall retain, as specified in [§ 576.7](/cfr/49/576.7.md) of this part, all records described in [§ 576.6](/cfr/49/576.6.md) of this part for a period of 10 calendar years from the date on which they were generated or acquired by the manufacturer.
- (b) Each manufacturer of motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment shall retain, as specified in [§ 576.7](/cfr/49/576.7.md) of this part, all the underlying records on which the information reported under [part 579](/cfr/49/part579.md) of this chapter is based, for a period of five calendar years from the date on which they were generated or acquired by the manufacturer, except as provided in [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section.
- (c) Manufacturers need not retain copies of documents transmitted to NHTSA pursuant to parts [573](/cfr/49/part573.md), [577](/cfr/49/part577.md), and 579 of this chapter.

## Notes

### Amendments

[67 FR 45873, July 10, 2002, as amended at 89 FR 66633, Aug. 16, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 322(a), 30117, 30120(g), 30141-30147; delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.95.

### Source

Source: 39 FR 30045, Aug. 20, 1974, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[67 FR 45873, July 10, 2002, as amended at 89 FR 66633, Aug. 16, 2024]