---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 4.1017"
title: "43"
number: "4.1017"
heading: "Are ex parte communications allowed?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/4.1017"
---

# §4.1017. Are ex parte communications allowed?

- (a) Ex parte communications with the ALJ or his or her staff are prohibited in accordance with [§ 4.27](/cfr/43/4.27.md).
- (b) This section does not prohibit ex parte inquiries concerning case status or procedural requirements, unless the inquiry involves an area of controversy in the hearing process.

## Notes

### Amendments

[80 FR 48459, Aug. 13, 2015, as amended at 90 FR 2429, Jan. 10, 2025]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 25 U.S.C. 2, 9, 479a-1.

### Source

Source: 80 FR 48459, Aug. 13, 2015, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 503-504; 25 U.S.C. 9, 372-74, 410, 2201 et seq.; 43 U.S.C. 1201, 1457; Pub. L. 99-264, 100 Stat. 61, as amended.

### Source

Source: 36 FR 7186, Apr. 15, 1971, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[80 FR 48459, Aug. 13, 2015, as amended at 90 FR 2429, Jan. 10, 2025]