---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 68.20"
title: "28"
number: "68.20"
heading: "Production of documents, things, and inspection of land."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/68.20"
---

# §68.20. Production of documents, things, and inspection of land.

- (a) Any party may serve on any other party a request to:
  - (1) Produce and permit the party making the request, or a person acting on his/her behalf, to inspect and copy any designated documents or things or to inspect land, in the possession, custody, or control of the party upon whom the request is served; and
  - (2) Permit the party making the request, or a person acting on his/her behalf, to enter the premises of the party upon whom the request is served to accomplish the purposes stated in [paragraph (1)](#a-1) of this section.
- (b) The request may be served on any party without leave of the Administrative Law Judge.
- (c) **The request shall—**
  - (1) Set forth the items to be inspected either by individual item or by category;
  - (2) Describe each item or category with reasonable particularity; and
  - (3) **Specify a reasonable time, place, and manner of making the inspection and performing the related acts.**
- (d) The party upon whom the request is served shall serve on the party submitting the request a written response within thirty (30) days after service of the request.
- (e) The response shall state, with respect to each item or category:
  - (1) That inspection and related activities will be permitted as requested; or
  - (2) That objection is made in whole or in part, in which case the reasons for objection shall be stated.
- (f) A copy of each request for production and each written response shall be served on all parties.

## Notes

### Amendments

[54 FR 48596, Nov. 24, 1989. Redesignated by Order No. 1534-91, 56 FR 50053, Oct. 3, 1991]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 554, 557(b); 8 U.S.C. 1103, 1324a, 1324b, and 1324c; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510, and 2461 note; and Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890, as amended by Pub. L. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321. Link to an amendment published at 91 FR 51581, Aug. 11, 2026.

### Amendments

[54 FR 48596, Nov. 24, 1989. Redesignated by Order No. 1534-91, 56 FR 50053, Oct. 3, 1991]