---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 1.720"
title: "47"
number: "1.720"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/1.720"
---

# §1.720. Purpose.


The following procedural rules apply to formal complaint proceedings under [47 U.S.C. 208](/usc/47/208.md), pole attachment complaint proceedings under [47 U.S.C. 224](/usc/47/224.md), and advanced communications services and equipment formal complaint proceedings under 47 U.S.C. [255](/usc/47/255.md), [617](/usc/47/617.md), and [619](/usc/47/619.md), and [part 14](/cfr/47/part14.md) of this chapter. Additional rules relevant only to pole attachment complaint proceedings are provided in [subpart J](/cfr/47/subpartJ.md) of this part.


## Notes

### Amendments

[83 FR 44832, Sept. 4, 2018]

### Source

Source: 28 FR 12450, Nov. 22, 1963, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. chs. 2, 5, 9, 13; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; 47 U.S.C. 1754, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[83 FR 44832, Sept. 4, 2018]