---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 1261.607"
title: "14"
number: "1261.607"
heading: "Obtaining the services of a hearing official."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/1261.607"
---

# §1261.607. Obtaining the services of a hearing official.

- (a) When the debtor does not work for the creditor agency and the creditor agency cannot provide a prompt and appropriate hearing before an administrative law judge or before a hearing official furnished pursuant to another lawful arrangement, the creditor agency may contact an agent of the paying agency designated in appendix A of [5 CFR part 581](/cfr/5/part581.md) to arrange for a hearing official, and the paying agency must then cooperate as provided by [4 CFR 102.1](/cfr/4/102.1.md) and provide a hearing official.
- (b) When the debtor works for the creditor agency, the creditor agency may contact any agent (of another agency) designated in appendix A of [5 CFR part 581](/cfr/5/part581.md) to arrange for a hearing official. Agencies must then cooperate as required by [4 CFR 102.1](/cfr/4/102.1.md) and provide a hearing official.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 52 FR 19487, May 26, 1987, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: Subparts 1261.4, 1261.5, and 1261.6 issued under 51 U.S.C. 20113; 31 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.; 5 U.S.C. 5514; 31 CFR parts 900 through 904; 5 CFR part 550, subpart K, §§ 550.1101 through 550.1107.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 48104, July 18, 1980, unless otherwise noted.