---
kind: "section"
citation: "24 C.F.R. § 26.33"
title: "24"
number: "26.33"
heading: "Ex parte communications."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/24/26.33"
---

# §26.33. Ex parte communications.


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: 42 U.S.C. 3535(d).

### Source

Source: 73 FR 76833, Dec. 17, 2008, unless otherwise noted.