---
kind: "section"
citation: "24 C.F.R. § 103.203"
title: "24"
number: "103.203"
heading: "Answer to complaint."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/24/103.203"
---

# §103.203. Answer to complaint.

- (a) The respondent may file an answer not later than ten days after receipt of the notice described in [§ 103.50](/cfr/24/103.50.md). The respondent may assert any defense that might be available to a defendant in a court of law. The answer must be signed and affirmed by the respondent. The affirmation must state: “I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.”
- (b) An answer may be reasonably and fairly amended at any time with the consent of the Assistant Secretary.

## Notes

### Amendments

[54 FR 3292, Jan. 23, 1989. Redesignated at 64 FR 18540, Apr. 14, 1999]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 3535(d), 3600-3619.

### Source

Source: 54 FR 3292, Jan. 23, 1989, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[54 FR 3292, Jan. 23, 1989. Redesignated at 64 FR 18540, Apr. 14, 1999]