---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 361.9"
title: "7"
number: "361.9"
heading: "Recordkeeping."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/361.9"
---

# §361.9. Recordkeeping.

- (a) Each person importing agricultural seed or vegetable seed under this part must maintain a complete record, including copies of the declaration and labeling required under this part and a sample of seed, for each lot of seed imported. Except for the seed sample, which may be discarded 1 year after the entire lot represented by the sample has been disposed of by the person who imported the seed, the records must be maintained for 3 years following the importation.
- (b) Each sample of vegetable seed and each sample of agricultural seed must be at least equal in weight to the sample size prescribed for noxious weed seed examination in table 1 of [§ 361.5](/cfr/7/361.5.md).
- (c) **An APHIS inspector shall, during normal business hours, be allowed to inspect and copy the records.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1581-1610; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.3.

### Source

Source: 62 FR 48460, Sept. 16, 1997, unless otherwise noted.