---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 702.262"
title: "20"
number: "702.262"
heading: "Action by district director upon receipt of notice of contest."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/702.262"
---

# §702.262. Action by district director upon receipt of notice of contest.


Upon receipt of the claimant's notice of contest, the district director shall forthwith commence proceedings for adjudication of the claim in accordance with the procedures set forth in subpart C of this part.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, and 8171 et seq.; 33 U.S.C. 901 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.; 43 U.S.C. 1333; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990); Pub. L. 114-74 at sec. 701; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174, 64 Stat. 1263; Secretary's Order 10-2009, 74 FR 58834.

### Source

Source: 38 FR 26861, Sept. 26, 1973, unless otherwise noted.