---
kind: "section"
citation: "8 C.F.R. § 1003.13"
title: "8"
number: "1003.13"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/8/1003.13"
---

# §1003.13. Definitions.


As used in this subpart:

Administrative control means custodial responsibility for the Record of Proceeding as specified in [§ 1003.11](/cfr/8/1003.11.md).

Charging document means the written instrument which initiates a proceeding before an Immigration Judge. For proceedings initiated prior to April 1, 1997, these documents include an Order to Show Cause, a Notice to Applicant for Admission Detained for Hearing before Immigration Judge, and a Notice of Intention to Rescind and Request for Hearing by Alien. For proceedings initiated after April 1, 1997, these documents include a Notice to Appear, a Notice of Referral to Immigration Judge, and a Notice of Intention to Rescind and Request for Hearing by Alien.


## Notes

### Amendments

[62 FR 10332, Mar. 6, 1997, as amended at 86 FR 70722, Dec. 13, 2021]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 6 U.S.C. 521; 8 U.S.C. 1101, 1103, 1154, 1155, 1158, 1182, 1226, 1229, 1229a, 1229b, 1229c, 1231, 1254a, 1255, 1324d, 1330, 1361, 1362, 1801, 1802, 1808, 1812; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510, 1746; sec. 2, Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1950, 3 CFR, 1949-1953 Comp., p. 1002.

### Source

Source: Redesignated at 68 FR 9830, Feb. 28, 2003.

### Amendments

[62 FR 10332, Mar. 6, 1997, as amended at 86 FR 70722, Dec. 13, 2021]