---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 1471.855"
title: "29"
number: "1471.855"
heading: "Who has the burden of proof in a debarment action?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/1471.855"
---

# §1471.855. Who has the burden of proof in a debarment action?

- (a) **We have the burden to prove that a cause for debarment exists.**
- (b) Once a cause for debarment is established, you as a respondent have the burden of demonstrating to the satisfaction of the debarring official that you are presently responsible and that debarment is not necessary.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: E.O. 12549 ,3 CFR 1986 Comp., p. 189; E.O. 12698, 3 CFR 1989 Comp., p. 235; sec. 2455, Pub. L. 103-355, 108 Stat. 3327 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note); 29 U.S.C. 175a.

### Source

Source: 68 FR 66544, 66603, 66604, Nov. 26, 2003, unless otherwise noted.