---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 33.15"
title: "34"
number: "33.15"
heading: "Ex parte contacts."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/33.15"
---

# §33.15. Ex parte contacts.


No party or person (except employees of the ALJ's office) may communicate in any way with the ALJ on any matter at issue in a case, unless on notice and opportunity for all parties to participate. This provision does not prohibit a person or party from inquiring about the status of a case or asking routine questions concerning administrative functions or procedures.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3801-3812.

### Source

Source: 53 FR 15675, May 3, 1988, unless otherwise noted.