---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 401.620"
title: "46"
number: "401.620"
heading: "Burden of proof."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/401.620"
---

# §401.620. Burden of proof.

- (a) In a suspension or revocation hearing, the Director shall have the burden of establishing, by substantial evidence, the grounds for a suspension or revocation of a Certificate of Registration held by a pilot, as stated in the letter addressed to such pilot notifying him of the U.S. Coast Guard intention to suspend or revoke the pilot's registration.
- (b) In a refusal-to-renew-registration hearing, the Director shall have the burden of establishing the grounds for the Director's determination under [§ 401.240(c)](/cfr/46/401.240.md?p=c) to deny renewal of the Certificate of Registration.

## Notes

### Amendments

[32 FR 14222, Oct. 13, 1967, as amended at 61 FR 5721, Feb. 14, 1996. Redesignated and amended at 61 FR 32655, June 25, 1996, and further redesignated and amended by USCG-1998-3976, 63 FR 35139, 35140, June 29, 1998]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 2104(a), 6101, 7701, 8105, 9303, 9304; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Amendments

[32 FR 14222, Oct. 13, 1967, as amended at 61 FR 5721, Feb. 14, 1996. Redesignated and amended at 61 FR 32655, June 25, 1996, and further redesignated and amended by USCG-1998-3976, 63 FR 35139, 35140, June 29, 1998]