[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 8, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2010]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 8CFR280.51]

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                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
               CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 280_IMPOSITION AND COLLECTION OF FINES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 280.51  Application for mitigation or remission.

    (a) When application may be filed. An application for mitigation or 
remission of a fine may be filed as provided under Sec. 280.12 of this 
part; or, within 30 days after the date of receipt of the district

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director's or the Associate Commissioner for Examinations, or the 
Director for the National Fines Office's decision to impose a fine 
whether or not the applicant responded to the Notice of Intention to 
Fine.
    (b) Form and contents of application. An application for mitigation 
or remission shall be filed in duplicate under oath and shall include 
information, supported by documentary evidence, as to the basis of the 
claim to mitigation or remission, and as to the action, if any, which 
may have been taken by the applicant, or as to the circumstances present 
in the case which, in the opinion of the applicant, justified the 
granting of his application.
    (c) Disposition of application. The application, if filed with the 
answer, shall be disposed of as provided in Sec. 280.13. In any other 
case the application shall be considered and decided by the district 
director or the Associate Commissioner for Examinations, or the Director 
for the National Fines Office from whose decision an appeal may be taken 
to the Board within 15 days after the mailing of the notification of 
decision as provided in part 3 of this chapter.

[22 FR 9808, Dec. 6, 1957, as amended at 23 FR 9124, Nov. 26, 1958; 46 
FR 28624, May 28, 1981; 54 FR 18649, May 2, 1989]