---
kind: "section"
citation: "8 C.F.R. § 1003.40"
title: "8"
number: "1003.40"
heading: "Local operating procedures."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/8/1003.40"
---

# §1003.40. Local operating procedures.


An Immigration Court having administrative control over Records of Proceedings may establish local operating procedures, provided that:

- (a) Such operating procedure(s) shall not be inconsistent with any provision of this chapter;
- (b) A majority of the judges of the local Immigration Court shall concur in writing therein; and
- (c) **The Chief Immigration Judge has approved the proposed operating procedure(s) in writing.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[52 FR 2936, Jan. 29, 1987. Redesignated at 57 FR 11571, Apr. 6, 1992, as amended at 60 FR 34090, June 30, 1995]

### 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

[52 FR 2936, Jan. 29, 1987. Redesignated at 57 FR 11571, Apr. 6, 1992, as amended at 60 FR 34090, June 30, 1995]