---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 2.17"
title: "43"
number: "2.17"
heading: "When does the basic time limit begin for misdirected FOIA requests?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/2.17"
---

# §2.17. When does the basic time limit begin for misdirected FOIA requests?


The basic time limit for a misdirected FOIA request (see [§ 2.4(a)](/cfr/43/2.4.md?p=a) of this part) begins no later than ten workdays after the request is first received by any component of the Department that is designated to receive FOIA requests.


## Notes

### Amendments

[77 FR 76902, Dec. 31, 2012, as amended at 84 FR 61827, Nov. 14, 2019]

### 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 84 FR 61827, Nov. 14, 2019]