---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 C.F.R. § 15.1"
title: "15"
number: "15.1"
heading: "Scope and purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/15/15.1"
---

# §15.1. Scope and purpose.

- (a) This subpart sets forth the procedures to be followed when a summons or complaint is served on the Department, a component, or the Secretary or a Department employee in his or her official capacity.
- (b) This subpart is intended to ensure the orderly execution of the affairs of the Department and not to impede any legal proceeding.
- (c) **This subpart does not apply to subpoenas.** The procedures to be followed with respect to subpoenas are set out in subpart B.
- (d) This subpart does not apply to service of process made on a Department employee personally on matters not related to official business of the Department or to the official responsibilities of the Department employee.

## Notes

### Amendments

[53 FR 41318, Oct. 21, 1988. Redesignated and amended at 62 FR 19669, 19670, Apr. 23, 1997]

### Source

Source: 53 FR 41318, Oct. 21, 1988, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 62 FR 19669, Apr. 23, 1997.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 15 U.S.C. 1501, 1512, 1513, 1515 and 1518; Reorganization Plan No. 5 of 1950; 3 CFR, 1949-1953 Comp., p. 1004; 44 U.S.C. 3101; subpart C is issued under 37 U.S.C. 101, 706; 15 U.S.C. 1673; 42 U.S.C. 665.

### Amendments

[53 FR 41318, Oct. 21, 1988. Redesignated and amended at 62 FR 19669, 19670, Apr. 23, 1997]