---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 42.15"
title: "38"
number: "42.15"
heading: "Ex parte contacts."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/42.15"
---

# §42.15. Ex parte contacts.


No party or person (except employees of the ALJ's office) shall 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: Pub. L. 99-509, secs. 6101-6104, 100 Stat. 1874, codified at 31 U.S.C. 3801-3812.

### Source

Source: 53 FR 16710, May 11, 1988, unless otherwise noted.