22 C.F.R. § 51.70 Denial of passports.
Title 22 - Foreign Relations
(a) A passport, except for direct return to the United States, shall not be issued in any case in which the Secretary of State determines or is informed by competent authority that: (1) The applicant is the subject of an outstanding Federal warrant of arrest for a felony, including a warrant issued under the Federal Fugitive Felon Act (18 U.S.C. 1073); or (2) The applicant is subject to a criminal court order, condition of probation, or condition of parole, any of which forbids departure from the United States and the violation of which could result in the issuance of a Federal warrant of arrest, including a warrant issued under the Federal Fugitive Felon Act; or (3) The applicant is subject to a court order committing him or her to a mental institution; or (4) The applicant is the subject of a request for extradition or provisional arrest for extradition which has been presented to the government of a foreign country; or (5) The applicant is the subject of a subpoena issued pursuant to section 1783 of title 28, United States Code, in a matter involving Federal prosecution for, or grand jury investigation of, a felony; or (6) The applicant has not repaid a loan received from the United States as prescribed under §§71.10 and 71.11 of this chapter; or (7) The applicant is in default on a loan received from the United States to effectuate his or her return from a foreign country in the course of travel abroad; or (8) The applicant has been certified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services as notified by a State agency under 42 U.S.C. 652(k) to be in arrears of child support in an amount exceeding $5,000.00. (b) A passport may be refused in any case in which the Secretary of State determines or is informed by competent authority that: (1) The applicant has not repaid a loan received from the United States to effectuate his or her return from a foreign country in the course of travel abroad; or (2) The applicant has been legally declared incompetent unless accompanied on his or her travel abroad by the guardian or other person responsible for the national's custody and well being; or (3) The applicant is under the age of 18 years, unmarried and not in the military service of the United States unless a person having legal custody of such national authorizes issuance of the passport and agrees to reimburse the United States for any monies advanced by the United States for the minor to return to the United States; or (4) The Secretary determines that the national's activities abroad are causing or are likely to cause serious damage to the national security or the foreign policy of the United States; or (5) The applicant has been the subject of a prior adverse action under this section or §51.71 and has not shown that a change in circumstances since the adverse action warrants issuance of a passport; or (6) The applicant is subject to an order of restraint or apprehension issued by an appropriate officer of the United States Armed Forces pursuant to chapter 47 of title 10 of the United States Code. [54 FR 8531, Mar. 1, 1989, as amended at 62 FR 62695, Nov. 25, 1997]
Title 22: Foreign Relations
PART 51—PASSPORTS
Subpart E—Limitations on Issuance or Use of Passports
§ 51.70 Denial of passports.
