---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 1174.13"
title: "45"
number: "1174.13"
heading: "Location of the hearing."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/1174.13"
---

# §1174.13. Location of the hearing.

- (a) The ALJ shall hold the hearing:
  - (1) In any judicial district of the United States in which the defendant resides or transacts business;
  - (2) In any judicial district of the United States in which a claim or statement in issue was made; or
  - (3) In such other place as the parties and the ALJ may agree upon.
- (b) Each party shall have the opportunity to present arguments with respect to the location of the hearing.
- (c) The ALJ shall decide the time and the place of the hearing.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3801-3812; 5 U.S.C. App. 8G(a)(2).

### Source

Source: 86 FR 44628, Aug. 13, 2021, unless otherwise noted.