---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 47.2"
title: "28"
number: "47.2"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/47.2"
---

# §47.2. Purpose.


The purpose of these regulations is to authorize Departmental units to request financial records from a financial institution pursuant to the formal written request procedure authorized by section 1108 of the Act, and to set forth the conditions under which such requests may be made.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510; section 1108 of the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978, 12 U.S.C. 3408.

### Source

Source: Order No. 822-79, 44 FR 14554, Mar. 13, 1979, unless otherwise noted.