# Field Service Trade Records Law

> The Field Service Trade Records Law carries 14 published figures read from 14 sources' own pages, from 2 to 6 year, read 28 October 2026.

Sell Job Records to AI · https://selljobrecordstoai.com/datasets/field-service-trade-records-law/ · computed 2026-10-28

**Range of the published figures:** 2 to 6 year (range 2 to 6 year; 14 published figures; 14 of 6 sources read publish one).

Read in full on 28 October 2026: 14 of 6 named sources state a figure; 1 state none.

## By jurisdiction

| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| jurisdiction GB | 5 year | 2 to 6 year | 8 |
| jurisdiction US | 3 year | 2 to 3 year | 6 |

## Every figure, with its source

One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read.

| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| [GOV.UK: company and accounting records](https://www.gov.uk/running-a-limited-company/company-and-accounting-records) | 6 year | GB | 2026-10-23 |
| [Limitation Act 1980 s5: actions founded on simple contract](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/58/section/5) | 6 year | GB | 2026-09-12 |
| [GOV.UK: self-employed records, how long to keep them](https://www.gov.uk/self-employed-records/how-long-to-keep-your-records) | 5 year | GB | 2026-10-12 |
| [Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector Regulations 2020, reg 3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/312/regulation/3) | 5 year | GB | 2026-10-08 |
| [GOV.UK: electrical safety standards, guide for landlords](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/electrical-safety-standards-in-the-private-rented-sector-guidance-for-landlords-tenants-and-local-authorities/guide-for-landlords-electrical-safety-standards-in-the-private-rented-sector) | 5 year | GB | 2026-10-28 |
| [Regulation (EU) 517/2014 (as retained), art 6: F-gas records](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/517/article/6) | 5 year | GB | 2026-10-28 |
| [IRS: how long should I keep records](https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/how-long-should-i-keep-records) | 3 year | US | 2026-10-23 |
| [Companies Act 2006 s388: how long accounting records are kept](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/46/section/388) | 3 year | GB | 2026-10-12 |
| [40 CFR 745.86: lead-safe renovation recordkeeping](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/chapter-I/subchapter-R/part-745/subpart-E/section-745.86) | 3 year | US | 2026-10-08 |
| [40 CFR 82.156: proper evacuation of refrigerant (technician records)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/chapter-I/subchapter-C/part-82/subpart-F/section-82.156) | 3 year | US | 2026-10-08 |
| [40 CFR 82.166: reporting and recordkeeping (section 608)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/chapter-I/subchapter-C/part-82/subpart-F/section-82.166) | 3 year | US | 2026-10-28 |
| [40 CFR 84.106: leak repair (HFC appliances, AIM Act)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/part-84/section-84.106) | 3 year | US | 2026-10-28 |
| [Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998, reg 36](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2451/regulation/36) | 2 year | GB | 2026-10-24 |
| [40 CFR 171.303: certified pesticide applicator requirements](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/chapter-I/subchapter-E/part-171/subpart-C/section-171.303) | 2 year | US | 2026-10-28 |

## The sentence each figure was read from (14)

- [GOV.UK: company and accounting records](https://www.gov.uk/running-a-limited-company/company-and-accounting-records), read 2026-10-23: "You must keep records for 6 years from the end of the last company financial year they relate to, or longer if:"
- [Limitation Act 1980 s5: actions founded on simple contract](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/58/section/5), read 2026-09-12: "An action founded on simple contract shall not be brought after the expiration of six years from the date on which the cause of action accrued."
- [GOV.UK: self-employed records, how long to keep them](https://www.gov.uk/self-employed-records/how-long-to-keep-your-records), read 2026-10-12: "You must keep your records for at least 5 years after the 31 January submission deadline of the relevant tax year."
- [Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector Regulations 2020, reg 3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/312/regulation/3), read 2026-10-08: "at intervals of no more than 5 years; or"
- [GOV.UK: electrical safety standards, guide for landlords](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/electrical-safety-standards-in-the-private-rented-sector-guidance-for-landlords-tenants-and-local-authorities/guide-for-landlords-electrical-safety-standards-in-the-private-rented-sector), read 2026-10-28: "The regulations require that landlords have the electrics in their rented properties checked at least every 5 years by a properly qualified person."
- [Regulation (EU) 517/2014 (as retained), art 6: F-gas records](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/517/article/6), read 2026-10-28: "the operators referred to in paragraph 1 shall keep the records referred to in that paragraph for at least five years;"
- [IRS: how long should I keep records](https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/how-long-should-i-keep-records), read 2026-10-23: "Keep records for 3 years if situations (4), (5), and (6) below do not apply to you."
- [Companies Act 2006 s388: how long accounting records are kept](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/46/section/388), read 2026-10-12: "in the case of a private company, for three years from the date on which they are made;"
- [40 CFR 745.86: lead-safe renovation recordkeeping](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/chapter-I/subchapter-R/part-745/subpart-E/section-745.86), read 2026-10-08: "Firms performing renovations must retain and, if requested, make available to EPA all records necessary to demonstrate compliance with this subpart for a period of 3 years following completion of the renovation."
- [40 CFR 82.156: proper evacuation of refrigerant (technician records)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/chapter-I/subchapter-C/part-82/subpart-F/section-82.156), read 2026-10-08: "As of January 1, 2018, technicians evacuating refrigerant from appliances with a full charge of more than 5 and less than 50 pounds of refrigerant for purposes of disposal of that appliance must keep records documenting the following for three years:"
- [40 CFR 82.166: reporting and recordkeeping (section 608)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/chapter-I/subchapter-C/part-82/subpart-F/section-82.166), read 2026-10-28: "(m) All records required to be maintained pursuant to this section must be kept for a minimum of three years unless otherwise indicated."
- [40 CFR 84.106: leak repair (HFC appliances, AIM Act)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/part-84/section-84.106), read 2026-10-28: "All records identified in this paragraph must be kept for at least three years in electronic or paper format, unless otherwise specified."
- [Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998, reg 36](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2451/regulation/36), read 2026-10-24: "ensure that a record in respect of any appliance or flue so checked is made and retained [F3until there have been two further checks of the appliance or flue under this paragraph or, in respect of an appliance or flue that is removed from the premises, for a period of 2 years from the date of the last check of that appliance or flue], which record shall include the following information—"
- [40 CFR 171.303: certified pesticide applicator requirements](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/chapter-I/subchapter-E/part-171/subpart-C/section-171.303), read 2026-10-28: "(vi) Provisions requiring certified commercial applicators to record and maintain for the period of at least two years routine operational records containing information on types, amounts, uses, dates, and places of application of restricted use pesticides and for ensuring that such records will be available to appropriate State officials."

## Read in full, publishes no figure

- [Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases Regulations 2015, reg 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/310/regulation/7), read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page

## Methodology

We read every named source's page ourselves, keep the exact sentence holding the figure, and record a fingerprint of the page as it stood on the read date. 14 of the 6 sources we could read publish a figure; 1 do not and are shown as not publishing; 14 were blocked or gone and are left out. Summary figures (median, low, high, quartiles) count each source once, in year. 221 candidate sentence(s) failed review, each with its reason kept. The fuller analysis planned for this dataset, beyond each source's own figure: one row per rule per trade per jurisdiction: the record the rule names (refrigerant service and disposal records, lead-safe renovation records, restricted-use pesticide applications, landlord gas safety records, electrical installation condition reports, F-gas leak checks, tax and accounting records, the limitation period a claim can arrive in), who must keep it (technician, firm, owner or operator), and the period in years; across them, the longest period a field-service firm's job records stay live, by trade.

## Sources

- [40 CFR 82.156: proper evacuation of refrigerant (technician records)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/chapter-I/subchapter-C/part-82/subpart-F/section-82.156) (quoted under the publisher's own terms)
- [40 CFR 82.166: reporting and recordkeeping (section 608)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/chapter-I/subchapter-C/part-82/subpart-F/section-82.166) (quoted under the publisher's own terms)
- [EPA: section 608 recordkeeping and reporting requirements](https://www.epa.gov/section608/recordkeeping-and-reporting-requirements-stationary-refrigeration) (quoted under the publisher's own terms)
- [EPA: stationary refrigeration leak repair requirements](https://www.epa.gov/section608/stationary-refrigeration-leak-repair-requirements) (quoted under the publisher's own terms)
- [40 CFR 84.106: leak repair (HFC appliances, AIM Act)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/part-84/section-84.106) (quoted under the publisher's own terms)
- [40 CFR 745.86: lead-safe renovation recordkeeping](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/chapter-I/subchapter-R/part-745/subpart-E/section-745.86) (quoted under the publisher's own terms)
- [40 CFR 171.303: certified pesticide applicator requirements](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/chapter-I/subchapter-E/part-171/subpart-C/section-171.303) (quoted under the publisher's own terms)
- [26 CFR 1.6001-1: tax records](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-26/section-1.6001-1) (quoted under the publisher's own terms)
- [IRS: how long should I keep records](https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/how-long-should-i-keep-records) (quoted under the publisher's own terms)
- [Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998, reg 36](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2451/regulation/36) (quoted under the publisher's own terms)
- [Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector Regulations 2020, reg 3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/312/regulation/3) (quoted under the publisher's own terms)
- [GOV.UK: electrical safety standards, guide for landlords](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/electrical-safety-standards-in-the-private-rented-sector-guidance-for-landlords-tenants-and-local-authorities/guide-for-landlords-electrical-safety-standards-in-the-private-rented-sector) (quoted under the publisher's own terms)
- [Regulation (EU) 517/2014 (as retained), art 6: F-gas records](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/517/article/6) (quoted under the publisher's own terms)
- [Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases Regulations 2015, reg 7](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/310/regulation/7) (quoted under the publisher's own terms)
- [GOV.UK: F gas in refrigeration, air conditioning and fire protection](https://www.gov.uk/guidance/f-gas-in-refrigeration-air-conditioning-and-fire-protection-systems) (quoted under the publisher's own terms)
- [Limitation Act 1980 s5: actions founded on simple contract](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/58/section/5) (quoted under the publisher's own terms)
- [Companies Act 2006 s388: how long accounting records are kept](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/46/section/388) (quoted under the publisher's own terms)
- [GOV.UK: company and accounting records](https://www.gov.uk/running-a-limited-company/company-and-accounting-records) (quoted under the publisher's own terms)
- [GOV.UK: self-employed records, how long to keep them](https://www.gov.uk/self-employed-records/how-long-to-keep-your-records) (quoted under the publisher's own terms)
- [Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, art 17: maintenance](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1541/article/17) (quoted under the publisher's own terms)

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- The Field Service Trade Records Law carries 14 published figures read from 14 sources' own pages, from 2 to 6 year, read 28 October 2026.
- Read in full on 28 October 2026: 14 of 6 named sources state a figure; 1 state none.
- Field Service Trade Records Law, jurisdiction GB: median 5 year across 8 sources, read 28 October 2026.
- Field Service Trade Records Law, jurisdiction US: median 3 year across 6 sources, read 28 October 2026.

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