---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 37.5"
title: "28"
number: "37.5"
heading: "Date of receipt."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/37.5"
---

# §37.5. Date of receipt.


A complaint or charge of employment discrimination is deemed to be filed, for purposes of determining timeliness, on the date the complaint or charge is first received by a Federal agency with [section 504](/cfr/28/504.md) or ADA jurisdiction, regardless of whether it is subsequently transferred to another agency for processing.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510; 29 U.S.C. 794 (d); 42 U.S.C. 12117(b); 28 CFR 0.50(l).

### Source

Source: Order No. 1899-94, 59 FR 39904, 39908, Aug. 4, 1994, unless otherwise noted.