43 C.F.R. § 4.222 Written interrogatories; admission of facts and documents.
Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior
(a) An interested party may serve upon any other interested party written interrogatories and requests for admission of facts and documents. The interested party may do this only if: (1) The interrogatories and requests are served in sufficient time to permit answers to be filed before the hearing; (2) A copy of the interrogatories and requests is filed with the administrative law judge or Indian probate judge; and (3) The interrogatories and requests are drawn with the purpose of defining the issues in dispute between the parties and facilitating the presentation of evidence at the hearing. (b) A party receiving interrogatories or requests served under paragraph (a) of this section must: (1) Serve answers upon the requesting party within 30 days from the date of service of the interrogatories or requests, or within another deadline agreed upon by the parties or prescribed by the administrative law judge or Indian probate judge; and (2) File a copy of the answers with the administrative law judge or Indian probate judge. (c) Within 10 days after written interrogatories are served upon a party, that party may serve cross-interrogatories for answer by the witness to be interrogated.
Title 43: Public Lands: Interior
PART 4—DEPARTMENT HEARINGS AND APPEALS PROCEDURES
Subpart D—Rules Applicable in Indian Affairs Hearings and Appeals
Depositions, Discovery, and Prehearing Conference
§ 4.222 Written interrogatories; admission of facts and documents.
