[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 24, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

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]