---
kind: "section"
citation: "11 C.F.R. § 111.5"
title: "11"
number: "111.5"
heading: "Initial complaint processing; notification (52 U.S.C. 30109(a)(1))."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/11/111.5"
---

# §111.5. Initial complaint processing; notification (52 U.S.C. 30109(a)(1)).

- (a) Upon receipt of a complaint, the General Counsel shall review the complaint for substantial compliance with the technical requirements of [11 CFR 111.4](/cfr/11/111.4.md), and, if it complies with those requirements shall within five (5) days after receipt notify each respondent that the complaint has been filed, advise them of Commission compliance procedures, and provide a copy of the complaint.
- (b) If a complaint does not comply with the requirements of [11 CFR 111.4](/cfr/11/111.4.md), the General Counsel shall so notify the complainant and any person(s) or entity(ies) identified therein as respondent(s), within the five (5) day period specified in [11 CFR 111.5(a)](#a), that no action shall be taken on the basis of that complaint. A copy of the complaint shall be provided with the notification to each respondent.

## Notes

### Amendments

[45 FR 15120, Mar. 7, 1980, as amended at 89 FR 217, 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 217, Jan. 2, 2024]