---
kind: "section"
citation: "17 C.F.R. § 10.21"
title: "17"
number: "10.21"
heading: "Commencement of the proceeding."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/17/10.21"
---

# §10.21. Commencement of the proceeding.


An adjudicatory proceeding is commenced when a complaint and notice of hearing is filed with the Office of Proceedings.


## Notes

### Amendments

[63 FR 55791, Oct. 19, 1998; 63 FR 68829, Dec. 14, 1998]

### Authority

Authority: Pub. L. 93-463, sec. 101(a)(11), 88 Stat. 1391; 7 U.S.C. 2(a)(12).

### Source

Source: 41 FR 2511, Jan. 16, 1976, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[63 FR 55791, Oct. 19, 1998; 63 FR 68829, Dec. 14, 1998]