---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 2.9"
title: "43"
number: "2.9"
heading: "What if your request seeks records about another person?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/2.9"
---

# §2.9. What if your request seeks records about another person?

- (a) When a request seeks records about another person, you may receive greater access by submitting proof that the person either:
  - (1) Consents to the release of the records to you (for example, a notarized authorization signed by that person); or
  - (2) **Is deceased (for example, a copy of a death certificate or an obituary).**
- (b) The bureau can require you to supply additional information if necessary to verify that a particular person has consented to disclosure or is deceased.

## 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]