---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 402.35"
title: "20"
number: "402.35"
heading: "Where to submit a FOIA request."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/402.35"
---

# §402.35. Where to submit a FOIA request.

- (a) **Submission of requests.** Except as specified in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, requesters must submit FOIA requests in writing to OPD through the following options:
  - (1) **Online FOIA portal—** Link available from the agency's www.ssa.gov/foia website or the National FOIA Portal at www.FOIA.gov.
  - (2) **Email: FOIA.Public.Liaison@ssa.gov.**
  - (3) **Mail—** SSA Office of Privacy and Disclosure, ATTN: Freedom of Information Officer, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235.
- (b) **Requests for copies of Deceased Individual's Application for a Social Security Card (SS-5) or Numident record.** Requesters may use the Form SSA-711, Request for a Deceased Individual's Social Security Record, to request a copy of a deceased individual's original SS-5 or Numident record. When the Form SSA-711 is used, it may be submitted to the office listed on the form or as directed in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section.

## 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.