---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 20.1202"
title: "33"
number: "20.1202"
heading: "Filing of pleadings."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/20.1202"
---

# §20.1202. Filing of pleadings.

- (a) **Complaint.** If the Coast Guard has temporarily suspended a merchant mariner's credential, license, certificate of registry, or document, it shall immediately file a complaint under [§ 20.307](/cfr/33/20.307.md). The complaint must contain both a copy of a notice of temporary suspension and an affidavit stating the authority and reason for temporary suspension.
- (b) **Answer.** In a case under this subpart—
  - (1) [§ 20.308](/cfr/33/20.308.md) does not govern answers, and
  - (2) The respondent shall therefore enter his or her answer at the pre-hearing conference.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 98-3472, 64 FR 28062, May 24, 1999, as amended by USCG-2006-24371, 74 FR 11211, Mar. 16, 2009]

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321; 42 U.S.C. 9609; 46 U.S.C. 7701, 7702; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1, para. 2(73).

### Source

Source: CGD 98-3472, 64 FR 28062, May 24, 1999, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 98-3472, 64 FR 28062, May 24, 1999, as amended by USCG-2006-24371, 74 FR 11211, Mar. 16, 2009]