---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 20.1309"
title: "33"
number: "20.1309"
heading: "Admissibility of respondents' criminal records and records with the Coast Guard before entry of findings and conclusions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/20.1309"
---

# §20.1309. Admissibility of respondents' criminal records and records with the Coast Guard before entry of findings and conclusions.

- (a) **The prior disciplinary record of the respondent is admissible when offered by him or her.**
- (b) The prior disciplinary record of the respondent is admissible when offered by the Coast Guard representative to impeach the credibility of evidence offered by the respondent.
- (c) The use of a judgment of conviction is permissible on the terms prescribed by [§ 20.1307](/cfr/33/20.1307.md).

## Notes

### 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.