---
kind: "section"
citation: "8 C.F.R. § 1240.45"
title: "8"
number: "1240.45"
heading: "Postponement and adjournment of hearing."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/8/1240.45"
---

# §1240.45. Postponement and adjournment of hearing.


After the commencement of the hearing, the immigration judge may grant a reasonable adjournment either at his or her own instance or, for good cause shown, upon application by the respondent or the Service.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1101 note, 1103, 1158, 1182, 1186a, 1186b, 1225, 1226, 1227, 1228, 1229a, 1229b, 1229c, 1252 note, 1255 note, 1361, 1362, 1801, 1802, 1808, 1812.

### Source

Source: 62 FR 10367, Mar. 6, 1997, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated in part and duplicated in part from part 240 at 68 FR 9838, 9840, Feb. 28, 2003.