{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-209.16","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 209.16","heading":"Disposal of payroll records.","body":"Employers may dispose of payroll records for periods subsequent to 1936, provided that the payroll records are more than five years old and that there is no dispute pending pertaining to the compensation reported for the period of those records.","path":["Title 20—Employees' Benefits","CHAPTER II—RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD","SUBCHAPTER B—REGULATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT","PART 209—RAILROAD EMPLOYERS' REPORTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-20.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:45Z","sha256":"a801fb78349c1af4ab6471c17342aac6bee621cb1446decf2a89a5bb81fb9e64","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-209.15","next":"us/20-cfr-209.17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}