---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 2.16"
title: "43"
number: "2.16"
heading: "What is the basic time limit for responding to a request?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/2.16"
---

# §2.16. What is the basic time limit for responding to a request?

- (a) Ordinarily, the bureau has 20 workdays (including the date of receipt) to determine whether to comply with a request, but unusual circumstances may allow the bureau to take longer than 20 workdays (see [§ 2.19](/cfr/43/2.19.md) of this subpart).
- (b) A consultation or referral under [§ 2.13](/cfr/43/2.13.md) of this part does not restart the statutory time limit for responding to a request.

## Notes

### Amendments

[77 FR 76902, Dec. 31, 2012, as amended at 81 FR 11128, Mar. 3, 2016]

### Source

Source: 77 FR 76902, Dec. 31, 2012, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 552, 552a, 553, 31 U.S.C. 3717, 43 U.S.C. 1460, 1461, the Social Security Number Fraud Prevention Act of 2017, Pub. L. 115-59, September 15, 2017.

### Source

Source: 40 FR 7305, Feb. 19, 1975, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[77 FR 76902, Dec. 31, 2012, as amended at 81 FR 11128, Mar. 3, 2016]