[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: 24CFR26.21]



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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 

PART 26_HEARING PROCEDURES--Table of Contents

 

               Subpart A_Hearings Before Hearing Officers

 

Sec.  26.21  Prehearing conference.



    (a) Prehearing conference. The hearing officer may, on the hearing 

officer's own motion or at the request of any party, direct counsel for 

all parties to confer with the hearing officer before the hearing for 

the purpose of considering:

    (1) Simplification and clarification of the issues;

    (2) Stipulations and admissions of fact and of the contents and 

authenticity of documents;

    (3) The disclosure of the names of witnesses;

    (4) Matters of which official notice will be taken;

    (5) Other matters as may aid in the orderly disposition of the 

proceeding, including disclosure of the documents or other physical 

exhibits which will be introduced in evidence in the course of the 

proceeding.

    (b) Recordation of prehearing conference. The prehearing conference 

shall, at the request of any party, be recorded or transcribed.

    (c) Order on prehearing conference. The hearing officer shall enter 

in the record an order which states the rulings upon matters considered 

during the conference, together with appropriate directions to the 

parties. The order shall control the subsequent course of the 

proceeding, subject to modifications upon good cause shown.



                                Hearings