[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 25, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 25CFR2.13]

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                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
     CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 2_APPEALS FROM ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 2.13  Filing documents.

    (a) An appeal document is properly filed with an official of the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs:
    (1) By personal delivery during regular business hours to the person 
designated to receive mail in the immediate office of the official, or
    (2) By mail to the facility officially designated for receipt of 
mail addressed to the official; the document is considered filed by mail 
on the date that it is postmarked.
    (b) Bureau of Indian Affairs offices receiving a misdirected appeal 
document shall forward the document to the proper office promptly. If a 
person delivers an appeal document to the wrong office or mails an 
appeal document to an incorrect address, no extension of time should be 
allowed because of the time necessary for a Bureau office to redirect 
the document to the correct address.
    (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, an official 
deciding an appeal shall allow late filing of a misdirected document, 
including a notice of appeal, where the official finds that the 
misdirection is the fault of the government.

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