---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 13.81"
title: "14"
number: "13.81"
heading: "Emergency orders."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/13.81"
---

# §13.81. Emergency orders.

- (a) Notwithstanding [§§ 13.73 through 13.77](/cfr/14/13.73..13.77.md), the Chief Counsel, each Deputy Chief Counsel, or the Assistant Chief Counsel for Enforcement may issue an emergency order of compliance, which is effective upon issuance, in accordance with the procedures in [subpart C](/cfr/14/subpartC.md) of [49 CFR part 109](/cfr/49/part109.md), if the person who issues the order finds that there is an “imminent hazard” as defined in [49 CFR 109.1](/cfr/49/109.1.md).
- (b) The FAA official who issued the emergency order of compliance may rescind or suspend the order if the criteria set forth in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section are no longer satisfied, and, when appropriate, may issue a notice of proposed order of compliance under [§ 13.73](/cfr/14/13.73.md).
- (c) If at any time in the course of a proceeding commenced in accordance with [§ 13.73](/cfr/14/13.73.md) the criteria set forth in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section are satisfied, the official who issued the notice may issue an emergency order of compliance, even if the period for filing a reply or requesting a hearing specified in [§ 13.75](/cfr/14/13.75.md) has not expired.

## Notes

### Source

Source: Docket No. FAA-2018-1051; Amdt. No. 13-40, 86 FR 54536, Oct. 1, 2021, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 18 U.S.C. 6002; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 5121-5124, 40113-40114, 44103-44106, 44701-44704, 44709-44710, 44713, 44725, 44742, 44802 (note), 46101-46111, 46301, 46302 (for a violation of 49 U.S.C. 46504), 46304-46316, 46318-46320, 46501-46502, 46504, 46507, 47106, 47107, 47111, 47122, 47306, 47531-47532; 49 CFR 1.83.

### Source

Source: Docket No. 18884, 44 FR 63723, Nov. 5, 1979, unless otherwise noted.