---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 521.15"
title: "22"
number: "521.15"
heading: "Ex Parte contacts."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/521.15"
---

# §521.15. Ex Parte contacts.


No party or person (except employees of the ALJ's office) shall communicate in any way with the ALJ on any matter at issue in a case, unless on notice and opportunity for all parties to participate. This provision does not prohibit a person or party from inquiring about the status of a case or asking routine questions concerning administrative functions or procedures.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2658; 31 U.S.C. 3801-3812.

### Source

Source: 56 FR 25028, June 3, 1991, unless otherwise noted.