---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 24.204"
title: "28"
number: "24.204"
heading: "Time for submission of application."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/24.204"
---

# §24.204. Time for submission of application.

- (a) An application must be filed no later than 30 days after final disposition of the proceeding. If review or reconsideration is sought or taken of a decision as to which an applicant believes it has prevailed, action on the award of fees shall be stayed pending final disposition of the underlying controversy.
- (b) Final disposition means the later of:
  - (1) The date on which the final agency decision is issued,
  - (2) The date on which a petition for rehearing or reconsideration is disposed of, or
  - (3) The date of final resolution of the proceeding, such as settlement or voluntary dismissal, which is not subject to a petition for rehearing or reconsideration.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 504(c)(1).

### Source

Source: Order No. 975-82, 47 FR 15776, Apr. 13, 1982, unless otherwise noted.