[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: 24CFR26.20]



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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 

PART 26_HEARING PROCEDURES--Table of Contents

 

               Subpart A_Hearings Before Hearing Officers

 

Sec.  26.20  Admissions as to facts and documents.



    (a) Request for admissions. At any time after an answer has been 

filed, any party may serve upon any other party a written request for 

the admission of the genuineness of any relevant documents described in 

the request or of the truth of any relevant matters of fact. Copies of 

documents shall be delivered with the request unless copies have already 

been furnished. No order of the hearing officer is necessary.

    (b) Objection. Each requested admission shall be considered admitted 

unless, within fifteen days after service of the request, the party from 

whom the admission is sought serves upon the party making the request 

either (1) a statement denying specifically the relevant matters of 

which an admission is requested or setting forth in detail the reasons 

why the party can neither truthfully admit nor deny them, or (2) written 

objections on the ground that some or all of the matters involved are 

privileged or irrelevant. Answers on matters to which objections are 

made may be deferred until the objections are ruled upon, but if written 

objections are made only to a part of a request, the remainder of the 

request shall be answered.

    (c) Limitation. Admissions obtained pursuant to this procedure may 

be used in evidence only for the purposes of the pending action to the 

same extent and subject to the same objections as other evidence.