[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: 24CFR103.215]

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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. 103.215  Conduct of investigation.

    (a) In conducting investigations under this part, the Assistant 
Secretary will seek the voluntary cooperation of all persons to obtain 
access to premises, records, documents, individuals, and other possible 
sources of information; to examine, record, and copy necessary 
materials; and to take and record testimony or statements of persons 
reasonably necessary for the furtherance of the investigation.
    (b) The Assistant Secretary may conduct and order discovery in aid 
of the investigation by the same methods and to the same extent that 
discovery may be ordered in an administrative proceeding under 24 CFR 
part 180, except that the Assistant Secretary shall have the power to 
issue subpoenas described in 24 CFR 180.545 in support of the 
investigation. Subpoenas issued by the Assistant Secretary must be 
approved by the General Counsel as to their legality before issuance.

[54 FR 3292, Jan. 23, 1989, as amended at 61 FR 41482, Aug. 8, 1996; 61 
FR 52218, Oct. 4, 1996; 62 FR 66433, Dec. 18, 1997]