---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 355.9"
title: "20"
number: "355.9"
heading: "Requesting a hearing."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/355.9"
---

# §355.9. Requesting a hearing.

- (a) The respondent may request a hearing by filing the request with the reviewing official within 30 days of service of the complaint.
- (b) **In the request, the respondent—**
  - (1) Shall admit or deny each of the allegations of liability made in the complaint;
  - (2) Shall state any defense on which the respondent intends to rely;
  - (3) May state any reasons why the respondent contends that the penalties and assessments should be less than the statutory maximum; and
  - (4) Shall state the name, address, and telephone number of any person authorized by the respondent to act as the respondent's representative.
- (c) Any other response or document filed with the reviewing official within 30 days of the service of the complaint which does not meet the criteria in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section may still be deemed to be a request for hearing, if the reviewing official determines the document demonstrates a clear intent to request a hearing.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3809; sec. 5203, Pub. L. 118-159, 138 Stat. 1773.

### Source

Source: 52 FR 47706, Dec. 16, 1987, as amended at 90 FR 25144, June 16, 2025, unless otherwise noted.