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type: "LegalText"
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title: "49 U.S.C. § 11144"
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description: "Records: form; inspection; preservation"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 49
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title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
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chapter_number: "111"
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chapter_name: "OPERATIONS"
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section: "11144"
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citation: "49 U.S.C. § 11144"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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# 49 U.S.C. § 11144 - Records: form; inspection; preservation
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## Text
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(a) The Board may prescribe the form of records required to be prepared or compiled under this subchapter—
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(1) by rail carriers and lessors, including records related to movement of traffic and receipts and expenditures of money; and
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(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.
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(b) The Board, or an employee designated by the Board, may on demand and display of proper credentials—
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(1) inspect and examine the lands, buildings, and equipment of a rail carrier or lessor; and
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(2) inspect and copy any record of—
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(A) a rail carrier, lessor, or association;
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(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
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(C) a person furnishing cars to or for a rail carrier if the Board prescribed the form of that record.
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(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.
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(Added Pub. L. 104–88, title I, § 102(a), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 835.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Prior ProvisionsA prior section 11144, Pub. L. 95–473, Oct. 17, 1978, 92 Stat. 1426; Pub. L. 96–296, § 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, § 102(a). See sections 11144, 14122, and 15722 of this title.
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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Effective DateSection effective Jan. 1, 1996, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 104–88, see section 2 of Pub. L. 104–88, set out as a note under section 1301 of this title.
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