---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 1611.9"
title: "45"
number: "1611.9"
heading: "Retainer agreements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/1611.9"
---

# §1611.9. Retainer agreements.

- (a) When a recipient provides extended service to a client, the recipient shall execute a written retainer agreement with the client. The retainer agreement shall be executed when representation commences or as soon thereafter as is practicable. Such retainer agreement must be in a form consistent with the applicable rules of professional responsibility and prevailing practices in the recipient's service area and shall include, at a minimum, a statement identifying the legal problem for which representation is sought, and the nature of the legal services to be provided.
- (b) No written retainer agreement is required for advice and counsel or brief service provided by the recipient to the client or for legal services provided to the client by a private attorney pursuant to [45 CFR part 1614](/cfr/45/part1614.md).
- (c) The recipient shall maintain copies of all retainer agreements generated in accordance with this section.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2996g(e).

### Source

Source: 70 FR 45562, Aug. 8, 2005, unless otherwise noted.