---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 402.25"
title: "20"
number: "402.25"
heading: "Who can file a FOIA request?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/402.25"
---

# §402.25. Who can file a FOIA request?


Any person may submit a FOIA request to SSA. Under the FOIA, “any person” includes requests from individuals, corporations, State and local agencies, as well as foreign entities. Requests from Federal agencies and Federal or State courts are not covered by the FOIA.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 405, 902(a)(5), and 1306); 5 U.S.C. 552 and 552a; 18 U.S.C. 1905; 26 U.S.C. 6103; 31 U.S.C. 9701; E.O. 12600, 52 FR 23781, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 235.

### Source

Source: 89 FR 102711, Dec. 18, 2024, unless otherwise noted.