---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 401.35"
title: "20"
number: "401.35"
heading: "Your right to request records."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/401.35"
---

# §401.35. Your right to request records.


The Privacy Act gives you the right to direct access to most records about yourself that are in our systems of records. Exceptions to this Privacy Act right include—

- (a) Special procedures for access to certain medical records (see [5 U.S.C. 552a(f)(3)](/usc/5/552a.md?p=f-3) and [§ 401.55](/cfr/20/401.55.md));
- (b) Unavailability of certain criminal law enforcement records (see [5 U.S.C. 552a(k)](/usc/5/552a.md?p=k), and [§ 401.85](/cfr/20/401.85.md)); and
- (c) Unavailability of records compiled in reasonable anticipation of a court action or formal administrative proceeding.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 205, 702(a)(5), 1106, and 1141 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405, 902(a)(5), 1306, and 1320b-11); 5 U.S.C. 552 and 552a; 8 U.S.C. 1360; 26 U.S.C. 6103; 30 U.S.C. 923.

### Source

Source: 62 FR 4143, Jan. 29, 1997, unless otherwise noted.