1997 U.S. Code
Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 80 - FASTENERS
Sec. 5409 - Recordkeeping requirements
§5409. Recordkeeping requirements (a) Laboratories
Laboratories which perform inspections and testing under section 5404(b) of this title shall retain for 5 years all records concerning the inspection and testing, and certification, of fasteners under section 5404 of this title.
(b) Manufacturers, importers, private label distributors, and persons who make significant alterationsManufacturers, importers, private label distributors, and persons who make significant alterations shall retain for 5 years all records concerning the inspection and testing, and certification, of fasteners under section 5404 of this title, and shall provide copies of any applicable laboratory testing report or manufacturer's certificate upon request to the subsequent purchaser of fasteners taken from the lot to which such testing report or manufacturer's certificate relates.
(Pub. L. 101–592, §10, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 2951; Pub. L. 104–113, §11(h), Mar. 7, 1996, 110 Stat. 782.)
Amendments1996—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–113, §11(h)(1), substituted “5 years” for “10 years”.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104–113, §11(h), substituted “5 years” for “10 years” and “the subsequent purchaser” for “any subsequent purchaser”.
