---
kind: "section"
citation: "12 C.F.R. § 4.18"
title: "12"
number: "4.18"
heading: "How to track a FOIA request."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/12/4.18"
---

# §4.18. How to track a FOIA request.

- (a) **Tracking number—**
  - (1) **Internet requests.** The OCC will issue a tracking number to all FOIA requesters automatically upon receipt of the request (as described in [§ 4.15(g)](/cfr/12/4.15.md?p=g)) by the OCC's Communications Division via the OCC's Freedom of Information Request Portal, https://foia-pal.occ.gov/palMain.aspx. The tracking number will be sent via electronic mail to the requester.
  - (2) **If a requester does not have Internet access.** The OCC will issue a tracking number to FOIA requesters without Internet access within 5 days of the receipt of the request (as described in [§ 4.15(g)](/cfr/12/4.15.md?p=g)) in the OCC's Communications Division. The OCC will mail the tracking number to the requester's physical address, as provided in the FOIA request.
- (b) **Status of request.** FOIA requesters may track the progress of their requests via the OCC's Freedom of Information Request Portal, https://foia-pal.occ.gov/palMain.aspx. Requesters without Internet access may continue to contact the Chief FOIA Officer, Communications Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, at (202) 649-6700 to check the status of their FOIA request(s).

## Notes

### Amendments

[76 FR 43562, July 21, 2011, as amended at 79 FR 15641, Mar. 21, 2014; 80 FR 28414, May 18, 2015; 81 FR 94246, Dec. 23, 2016]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 552; 12 U.S.C. 1, 93a, 161, 481, 482, 484(a), 1442, 1462a, 1463, 1464 1817(a), 1818, 1820, 1821, 1831m, 1831p-1, 1831o, 1833e, 1867, 1951 et seq., 2601 et seq., 2801 et seq., 2901 et seq., 3101 et seq., 3401 et seq., 5321, 5412, 5414; 15 U.S.C. 77uu(b), 78q(c)(3); 18 U.S.C. 641, 1905, 1906; 29 U.S.C. 1204; 31 U.S.C. 5318(g)(2), 9701; 42 U.S.C. 3601; 44 U.S.C. 3506, 3510; E.O. 12600 (3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 235).

### Source

Source: 60 FR 57322, Nov. 15, 1995, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[76 FR 43562, July 21, 2011, as amended at 79 FR 15641, Mar. 21, 2014; 80 FR 28414, May 18, 2015; 81 FR 94246, Dec. 23, 2016]