---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 1621.3"
title: "45"
number: "1621.3"
heading: "Complaints by applicants about denial of legal assistance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/1621.3"
---

# §1621.3. Complaints by applicants about denial of legal assistance.


A recipient shall establish a simple procedure for review of complaints by applicants about decisions to deny legal assistance to the applicant. The procedure shall, at a minimum, provide: A practical method for the recipient to provide applicants with adequate notice of the complaint procedures and how to make a complaint; and an opportunity for applicants to confer with the Executive Director or the Executive Director's designee, and, to the extent practical, with a representative of the governing body. The procedure shall be designed to foster effective communications between the recipient and complaining applicants.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 1006(b)(1), 42 U.S.C. 2996e(b)(1); sec. 1006(b)(3), 42 U.S.C. 2996e(b)(3); sec. 1007(a)(1), 42 U.S.C. 2996f(a)(1).

### Source

Source: 72 FR 3954, Jan. 29, 2007, unless otherwise noted.