---
kind: "section"
citation: "12 C.F.R. § 1080.10"
title: "12"
number: "1080.10"
heading: "Noncompliance with civil investigative demands."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/12/1080.10"
---

# §1080.10. Noncompliance with civil investigative demands.

- (a) In cases of failure to comply in whole or in part with Bureau civil investigative demands, appropriate action may be initiated by the Bureau, including actions for enforcement.
- (b) **The Director, the Enforcement Director, and the General Counsel of the Bureau are authorized to—**
  - (1) Institute, on behalf of the Bureau, an enforcement proceeding in the district court of the United States for any judicial district in which a person resides, is found, or transacts business, in connection with the failure or refusal of such person to comply with, or to obey, a civil investigative demand in whole or in part if the return date or any extension thereof has passed; and
  - (2) Seek civil contempt or other appropriate relief in cases where a court order enforcing a civil investigative demand has been violated.

## Notes

### Amendments

[77 FR 39108, June 29, 2012, as amended at 89 FR 94601, Nov. 29, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: Pub. L. 111-203, title X, 12 U.S.C. 5481 et seq.

### Source

Source: 77 FR 39108, June 29, 2012, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[77 FR 39108, June 29, 2012, as amended at 89 FR 94601, Nov. 29, 2024]