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[CITE: 49USC11144]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                 SUBTITLE IV--INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION
 
                              PART A--RAIL
 
                         CHAPTER 111--OPERATIONS
 
                   SUBCHAPTER III--REPORTS AND RECORDS
 
Sec. 11144. Records: form; inspection; preservation

    (a) The Board may prescribe the form of records required to be 
prepared or compiled under this subchapter--
        (1) by rail carriers and lessors, including records related to 
    movement of traffic and receipts and expenditures of money; and
        (2) by persons furnishing cars to or for a rail carrier 
    providing transportation subject to the jurisdiction of the Board 
    under this part to the extent related to those cars or that service.

    (b) The Board, or an employee designated by the Board, may on demand 
and display of proper credentials--
        (1) inspect and examine the lands, buildings, and equipment of a 
    rail carrier or lessor; and
        (2) inspect and copy any record of--
            (A) a rail carrier, lessor, or association;
            (B) a person controlling, controlled by, or under common 
        control with a rail carrier if the Board considers inspection 
        relevant to that person's relation to, or transaction with, that 
        rail carrier; and
            (C) a person furnishing cars to or for a rail carrier if the 
        Board prescribed the form of that record.

    (c) The Board may prescribe the time period during which operating, 
accounting, and financial records must be preserved by rail carriers, 
lessors, and persons furnishing cars.

(Added Pub. L. 104-88, title I, Sec. 102(a), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 
835.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 11144, Pub. L. 95-473, Oct. 17, 1978, 92 Stat. 1426; 
Pub. L. 96-296, Sec. 24(c), July 1, 1980, 94 Stat. 816, related to form, 
inspection, and preservation of records, prior to the general amendment 
of this subtitle by Pub. L. 104-88, Sec. 102(a). See sections 11144, 
14122, and 15722 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 11901, 11904 of this title.
