8 CFR § 1239.1 - Notice to appear.

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title: "8 CFR § 1239.1 - Notice to appear."
title_number: 8
title_name: "Aliens and Nationality"
section_number: "1239.1"
section_name: "Notice to appear."
chapter_name: "EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
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subchapter_name: "IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS"
part_number: "1239"
part_name: "INITIATION OF REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS"
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authority: "8 U.S.C. 1103, 1221, 1229."
regulatory_source: "62 FR 10366, Mar. 6, 1997, unless otherwise noted. Duplicated from part 239 at 68 FR 9838, Feb. 28, 2003."
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# 1239.1 Notice to appear.

(a) *Commencement.* Every removal proceeding conducted under section 240 of the Act (8 U.S.C. 1229a) to determine the deportability or inadmissibility of an alien is commenced by the filing of a notice to appear with the immigration court. For provisions relating to the issuance of a notice to appear by an immigration officer, or supervisor thereof, see 8 CFR 239.1(a).

(b) *Service of notice to appear.* Service of the notice to appear shall be in accordance with section 239 of the Act.

[62 FR 10366, Mar. 6, 1997, as amended at 67 FR 39258, June 7, 2002; 69 FR 44907, July 28, 2004]