[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 33, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

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

[CITE: 33CFR20.308]



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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 

PART 20_RULES OF PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND EVIDENCE FOR FORMAL 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS OF THE COAST GUARD--Table of Contents

 

                     Subpart C_Pleadings and Motions

 

Sec. 20.308  Answers.



    (a) The respondent shall file a written answer to the complaint 20 

days or less after service of the complaint. The answer must conform to 

the requirements of this subpart for filing and service.

    (b) The person filing the answer shall, in the answer, either agree 

to the place of hearing proposed in the complaint or propose an 

alternative.

    (c) Each answer must state whether the respondent intends to contest 

any of the allegations set forth in the complaint. It must include any 

affirmative defenses that the respondent intends to assert at the 

hearing. The answer must admit or deny each numbered paragraph of the 

complaint. If it states that the respondent lacks sufficient knowledge 

or information to admit or deny a particular numbered paragraph, it 

denies that paragraph. If it does not specifically deny a particular 

numbered paragraph, it admits that paragraph.

    (d) A respondent's failure without good cause to file an answer 

admits each allegation made in the complaint.