---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 20.401"
title: "33"
number: "20.401"
heading: "Initiation of administrative proceedings."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/20.401"
---

# §20.401. Initiation of administrative proceedings.


An administrative proceeding commences when the Coast Guard representative files the complaint with the Hearing Docket Clerk and serves a copy of it on the respondent.


## 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.