---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 7.15"
title: "49"
number: "7.15"
heading: "Protection of records."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/7.15"
---

# §7.15. Protection of records.


Records made available to the public under this subpart may not be removed, altered, destroyed, or mutilated (this excludes duplicate copies that are provided to a member of the public to take and keep). [18 U.S.C. 641](/usc/18/641.md) provides for criminal penalties for embezzlement or theft of Government records. [18 U.S.C. 2071](/usc/18/2071.md) provides for criminal penalties for the willful and unlawful concealment, mutilation or destruction of, or the attempt to conceal, mutilate, or destroy, Government records.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 49 U.S.C. 322; E.O. 12600; E.O. 13392.

### Source

Source: 79 FR 16209, Mar. 25, 2014, unless otherwise noted.