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[CITE: 49USC14122]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                 SUBTITLE IV--INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION
 
 PART B--MOTOR CARRIERS, WATER CARRIERS, BROKERS, AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
 
                   CHAPTER 141--OPERATIONS OF CARRIERS
 
                   SUBCHAPTER II--REPORTS AND RECORDS
 
Sec. 14122. Records: form; inspection; preservation

    (a) Form of Records.--The Secretary or the Board, as applicable, may 
prescribe the form of records required to be prepared or compiled under 
this subchapter by carriers and brokers, including records related to 
movement of traffic and receipts and expenditures of money.
    (b) Right of Inspection.--The Secretary or Board, or an employee 
designated by the Secretary or Board, may on demand and display of 
proper credentials--
        (1) inspect and examine the lands, buildings, and equipment of a 
    carrier or broker; and
        (2) inspect and copy any record of--
            (A) a carrier, broker, or association; and
            (B) a person controlling, controlled by, or under common 
        control with a carrier if the Secretary or Board, as applicable, 
        considers inspection relevant to that person's relation to, or 
        transaction with, that carrier.

    (c) Period for Preservation of Records.--The Secretary or Board, as 
applicable, may prescribe the time period during which operating, 
accounting, and financial records must be preserved by carriers and 
brokers.

(Added Pub. L. 104-88, title I, Sec. 103, Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 893.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in 
section 11144 of this title prior to the general amendment of this 
subtitle by Pub. L. 104-88, Sec. 102(a).

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 14303 of this title.
