---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 2.64"
title: "43"
number: "2.64"
heading: "Must you submit an appeal before seeking judicial review?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/2.64"
---

# §2.64. Must you submit an appeal before seeking judicial review?


Before seeking review by a court of the bureau's adverse determination, you generally must first submit a timely administrative appeal.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 77 FR 76906, 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.