---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 297.203"
title: "5"
number: "297.203"
heading: "Access by the parent of a minor or by the legal guardian of an individual declared to be incompetent."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/297.203"
---

# §297.203. Access by the parent of a minor or by the legal guardian of an individual declared to be incompetent.

- (a) A parent, legal guardian, or custodian of a minor, upon presentation of suitable personal identification, may access on behalf of a minor any record pertaining to the minor in a system of records maintained by the Office.
- (b) A legal guardian, upon presentation of documentation establishing guardianship, may access on behalf of an individual declared to be incompetent by a court of competent jurisdiction, any record pertaining to that individual in a system of records maintained by the Office.
- (c) **Minors are not precluded from exercising personally those rights provided them by the Privacy Act.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552a; Pub. L. 115-59, 113 Stat. 1152 (42 U.S.C. 405 note).

### Source

Source: 53 FR 1998, Jan. 26, 1988, unless otherwise noted.