[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: 24CFR180.510]

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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 180_CONSOLIDATED HUD HEARING PROCEDURES FOR CIVIL RIGHTS MATTERS
--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart E_Discovery
 
Sec. 180.510  Interrogatories.

    (a) Any party may serve on any other party written interrogatories 
to be answered by the party served. If the party served is a public or 
private corporation, a partnership, an association, or a governmental 
agency, the interrogatories may be answered by any authorized officer or 
agent who shall furnish such information as may be available to the 
party. A party may serve not more than 30 written interrogatories on 
another party without an order of the ALJ.
    (b) Each interrogatory shall be answered separately and fully in 
writing under oath or affirmation, unless it is objected to, in which 
event, the reasons for the objection shall be stated in lieu of an 
answer. The answers shall be signed by the person making them, and

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the objections may be signed by the attorney or other representative 
making them. The answers and objections shall be served within 15 days 
after service of the interrogatories.
    (c) It is a sufficient answer to an interrogatory to specify the 
records from which the answer may be derived or ascertained if:
    (1) The answer to the interrogatory may be derived or ascertained 
from the records of the party on whom the interrogatory has been served 
or from an examination, audit or inspection of such records, or from a 
compilation, abstract or summary based thereon, and
    (2) The burden of deriving or ascertaining the answer is 
substantially the same for the party serving the interrogatory as the 
party served. The party serving the interrogatory shall be afforded 
reasonable opportunity to examine, audit or inspect such records and to 
make copies, compilations, abstracts or summaries. The specification 
shall include sufficient detail to permit the interrogating party to 
locate and identify the individual records from which the answer may be 
ascertained.
    (d) Objections to the form of written interrogatories are waived 
unless served in writing upon the party propounding the interrogatories.