[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 25, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
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[CITE: 25CFR62.6]

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                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
     CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 62--ENROLLMENT APPEALS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 62.6  Filing of an appeal.

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, a 
notification of an adverse enrollment action will be mailed to the 
address of record or the last available address and will be considered 
to have been made and computation of the appeal period shall begin on:
    (1) The date of delivery indicated on the return receipt when notice 
of the adverse enrollment action has been sent by certified mail, return 
receipt requested; or
    (2) Ten (10) days after the date of the decision letter to the 
individual when notice of the adverse enrollment action has not been 
sent by certified mail return receipt requested and the letter has not 
been returned by the post office; or
    (3) The date the letter is returned by the post office as 
undelivered whether the notice of the adverse enrollment action has been 
sent by certified mail return receipt requested or by regular mail.
    (b) When notification of an adverse enrollment action is under the 
regulations contained in part 61 of this chapter, computation of the 
appeal period shall be in accordance with Sec. 61.11.
    (c) In computing the 30 or 60 day appeal period, the count begins 
with the day following the notification of an adverse enrollment action 
and continues for 30 or 60 calendar days. If the 30th or 60th day falls 
on a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday, or other nonbusiness day, the 
appeal period will end on the first working day thereafter.