---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 2.18"
title: "43"
number: "2.18"
heading: "When can the bureau suspend the basic time limit?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/2.18"
---

# §2.18. When can the bureau suspend the basic time limit?

- (a) The basic time limit in [§ 2.16](/cfr/43/2.16.md) of this part may be temporarily suspended for the time it takes you to respond to one written communication from the bureau reasonably asking for clarifying information.
- (b) The basic time limit in [§ 2.16](/cfr/43/2.16.md) may also repeatedly be temporarily suspended for the time it takes you to respond to written communications from the bureau that are necessary to clarify issues regarding fee assessment (see [§ 2.51](/cfr/43/2.51.md) of this part).

## Notes

### 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.