(a) A paid fundraiser shall maintain such records as the Attorney General may by rule require for three years from the end of the solicitation campaign to which they pertain.
(b) Whenever the Attorney General has reason to believe that a paid fundraiser has violated this subchapter, the Attorney General may inspect all records required to be maintained by a paid fundraiser except that the identities of the contributors shall be available for inspection by the Attorney General upon request, only through a civil investigation conducted pursuant to subsection 2479(b) of this title.