---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 700.281"
title: "25"
number: "700.281"
heading: "Requests for notification of existence of records and for access to records: Appeals."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/700.281"
---

# §700.281. Requests for notification of existence of records and for access to records: Appeals.

- (a) **Right of appeal.** If an individual has been notified that he/she is not entitled to notification of whether a system of records contains records pertaining to him or has been denied access, in whole or part, to a requested record that individual may appeal to the Executive Director.
- (b) **Time for appeal.**
  - (1) An appeal must be received by the Privacy Act Officer no later than twenty (20) days (Saturdays, Sundays and public legal holidays excepted) after the date of the initial decision on a request.
  - (2) The Executive Director may, for good cause shown, extend the time for submission of an appeal if a written request for additional time is received within twenty (20) days (Saturdays, Sundays and public legal holidays excepted) of the date of the initial decision of the request.
- (c) **Form of appeal.**
  - (1) An appeal shall be in writing and shall attach copies of the initial request and the decision on the request.
  - (2) The appeal shall contain a brief statement of the reasons why the appellant believes the decision on the initial request to have been in error.
  - (3) The appeal shall be addressed to Privacy Act Officer, Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission, Box KK, Flagstaff, Arizona 86002.
- (d) **Action on appeals.**
  - (1) Appeals from decisions on initial requests made pursuant to §§ [700.273](/cfr/25/700.273.md) and [700.277](/cfr/25/700.277.md) shall be decided for the Commission by the Executive Director after consultation with the Commission's legal counsel.
  - (2) The decision on an appeal shall be in writing and shall state the basis for the decision.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Pub. L. 99-590; Pub. L. 93-531, 88 Stat. 1712 as amended by Pub. L. 96-305, 94 Stat. 929, Pub. L. 100-666, 102 Stat. 3929 (25 U.S.C. 640d).

### Source

Source: 47 FR 2092, Jan. 14, 1982, unless otherwise noted.