---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 30.244"
title: "43"
number: "30.244"
heading: "When must a petition for reopening be filed?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/30.244"
---

# §30.244. When must a petition for reopening be filed?

- (a) A petition for reopening to correct an error of fact or law in a decision or post-decision order may be filed at any time, but if a petition for reopening is filed by an interested party, or by BIA on behalf of an interested party, it must be filed within 1 year after the interested party's discovery of the alleged error.
- (b) If a petition for reopening to correct an error of fact or law in the original decision is filed before the deadline to file a petition for rehearing has passed, it will be treated as a petition for rehearing.

## Notes

### Amendments

[86 FR 72087, Dec. 20, 2021]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 503; 25 U.S.C. 9, 372-74, 410, 2201 et seq.; 43 U.S.C. 1201, 1457.

### Source

Source: 73 FR 67289, Nov. 13, 2008, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[86 FR 72087, Dec. 20, 2021]