---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 705.6"
title: "45"
number: "705.6"
heading: "Request for correction or amendment to record."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/705.6"
---

# §705.6. Request for correction or amendment to record.

- (a) Any individual who has reviewed a record pertaining to him or her that was furnished to him or her under this part may request the agency to correct or amend all or part of that record.
- (b) Each individual requesting a correction or amendment shall send the request to the General Counsel.
- (c) Each request for a correction or amendment of a record shall contain the following information:
  - (1) **The name of the individual requesting the correction or amendment.**
  - (2) **The name of the system of records in which the record sought to be amended is maintained.**
  - (3) **The location of the record system from which the record was obtained.**
  - (4) **A copy of the record sought to be amended or a description of that record.**
  - (5) **A statement of the material in the record that should be corrected or amended.**
  - (6) **A statement of the specific wording of the correction or amendment sought.**
  - (7) A statement of the basis for the requested correction or amendment, including any material that the individual can furnish to substantiate the reasons for the amendment sought.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552a.

### Source

Source: 67 FR 70482, Nov. 22, 2002, unless otherwise noted.