---
kind: "section"
citation: "17 C.F.R. § 10.31"
title: "17"
number: "10.31"
heading: "Parties."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/17/10.31"
---

# §10.31. Parties.


The parties to an adjudicatory proceeding shall include the Division of Enforcement, each respondent named in the complaint and each person permitted to intervene pursuant to [§ 10.33](/cfr/17/10.33.md) of these rules. A respondent shall cease to be a party or purposes of a pending proceeding when (a) a default order is entered against him pursuant to [§ 10.93](/cfr/17/10.93.md); or (b) the Commission accepts an offer of settlement pursuant to [§ 10.108](/cfr/17/10.108.md) of these rules.


## Notes

### 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.