---
kind: "section"
citation: "13 C.F.R. § 142.28"
title: "13"
number: "142.28"
heading: "Where is the hearing held?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/13/142.28"
---

# §142.28. Where is the hearing held?


The ALJ will hold the hearing in any judicial district of the United States:

- (a) In which the defendant resides or transacts business; or
- (b) In which the claim or statement on which liability is based was made, presented or submitted to SBA; or
- (c) **As agreed upon by the defendant and the ALJ.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 634(b); 31 U.S.C. 3803(g)(2).

### Source

Source: 61 FR 2691, Jan. 29, 1996, unless otherwise noted.