---
kind: "section"
citation: "17 C.F.R. § 204.7"
title: "17"
number: "204.7"
heading: "Hearing."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/17/204.7"
---

# §204.7. Hearing.

- (a) A debtor will be provided a reasonable opportunity for an oral hearing by the Commission's designee when:
  - (1)
    - (i) By statute, consideration must be given to a request to waive the indebtedness;
    - (ii) The debtor requests waiver of the indebtedness; and
    - (iii) The waiver determination rests on an issue of credibility or veracity; or
  - (2) The debtor requests reconsideration and the Commission's designee determines that the question of indebtedness cannot be resolved by reviewing the documentary evidence.
- (b) In cases where an oral hearing is provided to the debtor, the Commission's designee will conduct the hearing, and provide the debtor with a written decision 30 days after the hearing.

## Notes

### Amendments

[58 FR 64370, Dec. 7, 1993, as amended at 66 FR 54131, Oct. 26, 2001]

### Authority

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3716, 31 CFR 901.3.

### Source

Source: 58 FR 64370, Dec. 7, 1993, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[58 FR 64370, Dec. 7, 1993, as amended at 66 FR 54131, Oct. 26, 2001]