[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 28CFR5.500]

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                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
                    CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 5_ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN AGENTS REGISTRATION ACT OF 
 
Sec. 5.500  Maintenance of books and records.

    (a) A registrant shall keep and preserve in accordance with the 
provisions of section 5 of the Act the following books and records:
    (1) All correspondence, memoranda, cables, telegrams, teletype 
messages, and other written communications to and from all foreign 
principals and all other persons, relating to the registrant's 
activities on behalf of, or in the interest of any of his foreign 
principals.
    (2) All correspondence, memoranda, cables, telegrams, teletype 
messages, and other written communications to and from all persons, 
other than foreign principals, relating to the registrant's political 
activity, or relating to political activity on the part of any of the 
registrant's foreign principals.
    (3) Original copies of all written contracts between the registrant 
and any of his foreign principals.
    (4) Records containing the names and addresses of persons to whom 
informational materials have been transmitted.
    (5) All bookkeeping and other financial records relating to the 
registrant's activities on behalf of any of his foreign principals, 
including canceled checks, bank statements, and records of income and 
disbursements, showing names and addresses of all persons who paid 
moneys to, or received moneys from, the registrant, the specific amounts 
so paid or received, and the date on which each item was paid or 
received.
    (6) If the registrant is a corporation, partnership, association, or 
other combination of individuals, all minute books.
    (7) Such books or records as will disclose the names and addresses 
of all employees and agents of the registrant, including persons no 
longer acting as such employees or agents.
    (8) Such other books, records, and documents as are necessary 
properly to reflect the activities for which registration is required.
    (b) The books and records listed in paragraph (a) of this section 
shall be kept and preserved in such manner as to render them readily 
accessible for inspection pursuant to section 5 of the Act.
    (c) A registrant shall keep and preserve the books and records 
listed in paragraph (a) of this section for a period of 3 years 
following the termination of his registration under Sec. 5.205.
    (d) Upon good and sufficient cause shown in writing to the Assistant 
Attorney General, a registrant may be permitted to destroy books and 
records in support of the information furnished in an initial or 
supplemental statement which he filed 5 or more years prior to the date 
of his application to destroy.

[Order No. 376-67, 32 FR 6362, Apr. 22, 1967, as amended by Order No. 
2674-2003, 68 FR 33631, June 5, 2003]

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