49 CFR 1503.621
§ 1503.621 Amendment of pleadings.
United States · 49 CFR — Transportation · Status: effective
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- 49 CFR 1503.621, § 1503.621 Amendment of pleadings, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/264249
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(a) Filing and service. A party must file the amendment with the Enforcement Docket Clerk and must serve a copy of the amendment on the ALJ and all parties to the proceeding.
(b) Time. A party must file an amendment to a complaint or an answer within the following:
(1) Not later than 15 days before the scheduled date of a hearing, a party may amend a complaint or an answer without the consent of the ALJ.
(2) Less than 15 days before the scheduled date of a hearing, the ALJ may allow amendment of a complaint or an answer only for good cause shown in a motion to amend.
(c) Responses. The ALJ must allow a reasonable time, but not more than 20 days from the date of filing, for other parties to respond if an amendment to a complaint, answer, or other pleading has been filed with the ALJ.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.