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<section article="gfi" article_name="Financial Institutions" number="6-715" title_number="6" title_name="Credit Unions" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous Regulations">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A credit union shall keep the books and records that the Commissioner requires to determine compliance with this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Unless a longer period is expressly required by State or federal law, a credit union shall retain the books and records required under subsection (a) of this section for a period of at least 5 years.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A credit union may retain the books and records required under subsection (a) of this section at any location, provided that the credit union:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Notifies the Commissioner in writing of the location of the books and records; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Makes the books and records available at the credit union’s principal place of business, as agreed by the Commissioner and the credit union, within 7 days of a written request for examination by the Commissioner.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A credit union shall retain the books and records required under subsection (a) of this section in one of the following ways:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Original form;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An electronic equivalent approved by the Commissioner; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A microphotographic copy approved by the Commissioner.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
