---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 C.F.R. § 906.13"
title: "15"
number: "906.13"
heading: "Failure to appear."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/15/906.13"
---

# §906.13. Failure to appear.


If any party fails to appear at a pre-hearing conference or hearing after proper notice, an appellate officer may:

- (a) Dismiss the case, or;
- (b) Deem the failure of a party to appear after proper notice a waiver of any right to a hearing and consent to the making of a decision based on the NAO case record.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.; 16 U.S.C. 1374, 1375 and 1416; 16 U.S.C. 1540; 16 U.S.C. 773f; 16 U.S.C. 973f; 16 U.S.C. 1174; 16 U.S.C. 2437; 16 U.S.C. 4013; 16 U.S.C. 5507; 16 U.S.C. 7009; 16 U.S.C. 3637; 16 U.S.C. 5103 and 5106; 16 U.S.C. 5154 and 5158; 16 U.S.C. 6905, and; 16 U.S.C. 5010.

### Source

Source: 79 FR 7060, Feb. 6, 2014, unless otherwise noted.