---
kind: "section"
citation: "27 C.F.R. § 771.79"
title: "27"
number: "771.79"
heading: "Initial applications."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/27/771.79"
---

# §771.79. Initial applications.


In hearings on the initial denial of applications, the burden of proof is on the Government to show by a preponderance of the evidence that the Director of Industry Operations had reason to believe that the applicant is not entitled to a permit or license.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 18 U.S.C. 843, 847.

### Source

Source: 84 FR 64744, Nov. 25, 2019, unless otherwise noted.