[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR103.201]

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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
    CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, 
               DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 103_FAIR HOUSING_COMPLAINT PROCESSING--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart D_Investigation Procedures
 
Sec. 103.201  Service of notice on aggrieved person.

    Upon the filing of a complaint, the Assistant Secretary will notify, 
by certified mail or personal service, each aggrieved person on whose 
behalf the complaint was filed. The notice will:
    (a) Acknowledge the filing of the complaint and state the date that 
the complaint was accepted for filing.
    (b) Include a copy of the complaint.

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    (c) Advise the aggrieved person of the time limits applicable to 
complaint processing and of the procedural rights and obligations of the 
aggrieved person under this part and part 180.
    (d) Advise the aggrieved person of his or her right to commence a 
civil action under section 813 of the Fair Housing Act in an appropriate 
United States District Court, not later than two years after the 
occurrence or termination of the alleged discriminatory housing 
practice. The notice will state that the computation of this two-year 
period excludes any time during which a proceeding is pending under this 
part or part 180 with respect to a complaint or charge based on the 
alleged discriminatory housing practice. The notice will also state that 
the time period includes the time during which an action arising from a 
breach of a conciliation agreement under section 814(b)(2) of the Fair 
Housing Act is pending.
    (e) Advise the aggrieved person that retaliation against any person 
because he or she made a complaint or testified, assisted, or 
participated in an investigation or conciliation under this part or an 
administrative proceeding under part 180, is a discriminatory housing 
practice that is prohibited under section 818 of the Fair Housing Act.

[54 FR 3292, Jan. 23, 1989, as amended at 61 FR 52218, Oct. 4, 1996. 
Redesignated at 64 FR 18540, Apr. 14, 1999]