---
kind: "section"
citation: "11 C.F.R. § 111.17"
title: "11"
number: "111.17"
heading: "The probable cause to believe finding; notification (52 U.S.C. 30109(a)(4))."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/11/111.17"
---

# §111.17. The probable cause to believe finding; notification (52 U.S.C. 30109(a)(4)).

- (a) If the Commission, after having found reason to believe and after following the procedures set forth in [11 CFR 111.16](/cfr/11/111.16.md), determines by an affirmative vote of four (4) of its members that there is probable cause to believe that a respondent has violated a statute or regulation over which the Commission has jurisdiction, the Commission shall authorize the General Counsel to so notify the respondent in writing
- (b) If the Commission finds no probable cause to believe or otherwise orders a termination of Commission proceedings, it shall authorize the General Counsel to so notify both respondent and complainant in writing.

## Notes

### Amendments

[45 FR 15120, Mar. 7, 1980, as amended at 89 FR 218, Jan. 2, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 52 U.S.C. 30102(i), 30109, 30107(a), 30111(a)(8); 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; 31 U.S.C. 3701, 3711, 3716-3719, and 3720A, as amended; 31 CFR parts 285 and 900-904.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 15120, Mar. 7, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[45 FR 15120, Mar. 7, 1980, as amended at 89 FR 218, Jan. 2, 2024]