---
kind: "section"
citation: "18 C.F.R. § 1301.27"
title: "18"
number: "1301.27"
heading: "Requests for correction or amendment of record."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/18/1301.27"
---

# §1301.27. Requests for correction or amendment of record.

- (a) An individual may request amendment of records pertaining to him in a TVA system to the extent permitted by the Act in accordance with this section. A request for amendment shall:
  - (1) Be in writing and signed by the individual seeking the amendment;
  - (2) Name the TVA system in which the record is maintained;
  - (3) Describe the item or items of information to be amended;
  - (4) Describe the nature of the amendment requested; and
  - (5) **Give the reasons for the requested change.**
- (b) Requests shall be made to the official designated in the paragraph headed “Contesting record procedures” in the TVA system notice for the TVA system concerned. Before considering a request, TVA may require proof of identity of the requester similar to that required under [§ 1301.24](/cfr/18/1301.24.md) to gain access to the record.
- (c) The individual requesting amendment has the responsibility of providing TVA with evidence of why his record should be amended, and must provide adequate evidence to TVA to justify his request.
- (d) The provisions of [§§ 1301.21 to 1301.34](/cfr/18/1301.21..1301.34.md) of this part do not permit the alteration of evidence presented or to be presented in the course of judicial or administrative proceedings; neither do they permit collateral attack on a prior judicial or administrative action, or provide a collateral remedy for a matter otherwise judicially or administratively cognizable.

## Notes

### Amendments

[40 FR 45313, Oct. 1, 1975. Redesignated at 44 FR 30682, May 29, 1979, and amended at 53 FR 30253, Aug. 11, 1988. Redesignated and amended at 82 FR 51757, 51758, Nov. 8, 2017]

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 831-831ee, 5 U.S.C. 552a.

### Source

Source: 40 FR 45313, Oct. 1, 1975, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 44 FR 30682, May 29, 1979.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552 and 552a; 16 U.S.C. 831-831dd.

### Source

Source: 64 FR 4044, Jan. 27, 1999, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[40 FR 45313, Oct. 1, 1975. Redesignated at 44 FR 30682, May 29, 1979, and amended at 53 FR 30253, Aug. 11, 1988. Redesignated and amended at 82 FR 51757, 51758, Nov. 8, 2017]