[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 28, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 28CFR16.50]



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                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION

 

                    CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

 

PART 16_PRODUCTION OR DISCLOSURE OF MATERIAL OR INFORMATION--Table of 

Contents

 

 Subpart D_Protection of Privacy and Access to Individual Records Under 

                         the Privacy Act of 1974

 

Sec. 16.50  Notice of court-ordered and emergency disclosures.



    (a) Court-ordered disclosures. When a record pertaining to an 

individual is required to be disclosed by a court order, the component 

shall make reasonable efforts to provide notice of this to the 

individual. Notice shall be given within a reasonable time after the 

component's receipt of the order--except that in a case in which the 

order is not a matter of public record, the notice shall be given only 

after the order becomes public. This notice shall be mailed to the 

individual's last known address and shall contain a copy of the order 

and a description of the information disclosed. Notice shall not be 

given if disclosure is made from a criminal law enforcement system of 

records that has been exempted from the notice requirement.

    (b) Emergency disclosures. Upon disclosing a record pertaining to an 

individual made under compelling circumstances affecting health or 

safety, the component shall notify that individual of the disclosure. 

This notice shall be mailed to the individual's last known address and 

shall state the nature of the information disclosed; the person, 

organization, or agency to which it was disclosed; the date of 

disclosure; and the compelling circumstances justifying the disclosure.



[Order No. 2156-98, 63 FR 29600, June 1, 1998; 63 FR 51401, Sept. 25, 

1998]