---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 16.25"
title: "14"
number: "16.25"
heading: "Dismissals."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/16.25"
---

# §16.25. Dismissals.

- (a) Within 20 days after the receipt of the complaint, unless a motion has been filed under [§ 16.26](/cfr/14/16.26.md), the Director will dismiss a complaint, or any claim made in a complaint, with prejudice if:
  - (1) It appears on its face to be outside the jurisdiction of the Administrator under the Acts listed in [§ 16.1](/cfr/14/16.1.md);
  - (2) On its face it does not state a claim that warrants an investigation or further action by the FAA; or
  - (3) The complainant lacks standing to file a complaint under §§ [16.3](/cfr/14/16.3.md) and [16.23](/cfr/14/16.23.md).
- (b) A dismissal under this section will include the reasons for the dismissal.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Amdt. 16-1, 78 FR 56144, Sept. 12, 2013]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 322, 1110, 1111, 1115, 1116, 1718(a) and (b), 1719, 1723, 1726, 1727, 40103(e), 40113, 40116, 44502(b), 46101, 46104, 46110, 47104, 47106(e), 47107, 47108, 47111(d), 47122, 47123-47125, 47133, 47151-47153, 48103.

### Source

Source: Docket No. 27783, 61 FR 54004, Oct. 16, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Amdt. 16-1, 78 FR 56144, Sept. 12, 2013]