---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 5.21"
title: "45"
number: "5.21"
heading: "Who can file a FOIA request?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/5.21"
---

# §5.21. Who can file a FOIA request?


Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or public or private organization other than a Federal agency, regardless of nationality, may submit a FOIA request to us. This includes state and local governments.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552, 18 U.S.C. 1905, 31 U.S.C. 9701, 42 U.S.C. 1306(c), E.O. 12600, E.O.13392

### Source

Source: 81 FR 74939, Oct. 28, 2016, unless otherwise noted.