---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 416.1474"
title: "20"
number: "416.1474"
heading: "Obtaining evidence from Appeals Council."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/416.1474"
---

# §416.1474. Obtaining evidence from Appeals Council.


You may request and receive copies or a statement of the documents or other written evidence upon which the hearing decision or dismissal was based and a copy or summary of the transcript of oral evidence. However, you will be asked to pay the costs of providing these copies unless there is a good reason why you should not pay.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 702(a)(5), 1631, and 1633 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 902(a)(5), 1383, and 1383b); sec. 202, Pub. L. 108-203, 118 Stat. 509 (42 U.S.C. 902 note).

### Source

Source: 45 FR 52096, Aug. 5, 1980, unless otherwise noted.