---
kind: "unit"
title: "45"
title_heading: "Public Welfare"
key: "subtB/chII/part262"
level: "part"
label: "Part 262"
heading: "Accountability Provisions—general"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/subtB-chII-part262"
sections_count: 8
---

# Part 262 — Accountability Provisions—general

Title 45 C.F.R. — Public Welfare › Subtitle B — Regulations Relating to Public Welfare › Chapter II — Office of Family Assistance (assistance Programs), Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services

## Sections

- [§262.0. What definitions apply to this part?](/cfr/45/262.0.md)
- [§262.1. What penalties apply to States?](/cfr/45/262.1.md)
- [§262.2. When do the TANF penalty provisions apply?](/cfr/45/262.2.md)
- [§262.3. How will we determine if a State is subject to a penalty?](/cfr/45/262.3.md)
- [§262.4. What happens if we determine that a State is subject to a penalty?](/cfr/45/262.4.md)
- [§262.5. Under what general circumstances will we determine that a State has reasonable cause?](/cfr/45/262.5.md)
- [§262.6. What happens if a State does not demonstrate reasonable cause?](/cfr/45/262.6.md)
- [§262.7. How can a State appeal our decision to take a penalty?](/cfr/45/262.7.md)