[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR15.1]

[Page 163]
 
                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
PART 15--LEGAL PROCEEDINGS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--Service of Process
 
Sec. 15.1  Scope and purpose.

    Source: 53 FR 41318, Oct. 21, 1988, unless otherwise noted. 
Redesignated at 62 FR 19669, Apr. 23, 1997.


    (a) This subpart sets forth the procedures to be followed when a 
summons or complaint is served on the Department, a component, or the 
Secretary or a Department employee in his or her official capacity.
    (b) This subpart is intended to ensure the orderly execution of the 
affairs of the Department and not to impede any legal proceeding.
    (c) This subpart does not apply to subpoenas. The procedures to be 
followed with respect to subpoenas are set out in subpart B.
    (d) This subpart does not apply to service of process made on a 
Department employee personally on matters not related to official 
business of the Department or to the official responsibilities of the 
Department employee.

[53 FR 41318, Oct. 21, 1988. Redesignated and amended at 62 FR 19669, 
19670, Apr. 23, 1997]