---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 509.403"
title: "48"
number: "509.403"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/509.403"
---

# §509.403. Definitions.


Fact-finding official, means the Suspension and Debarment Official or a designee.

Notice means a letter sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the last known address of a party, its counsel, or agent for service of process. In the case of a business, such notice may be sent to any partner, principal officer, director, owner or co-owner, or joint venturer. If no return receipt is received within 10 calendar days of mailing, receipt will then be presumed.


## Notes

### Amendments

[64 FR 37207, July 9, 1999, as amended at 74 FR 12732, Mar. 25, 2009; 81 FR 1532, Jan. 13, 2016]

### Authority

Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c).

### Source

Source: 64 FR 37207, July 9, 1999, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[64 FR 37207, July 9, 1999, as amended at 74 FR 12732, Mar. 25, 2009; 81 FR 1532, Jan. 13, 2016]