14 CFR § 406.133 - Amendment of pleadings.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s406.133"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "14 CFR § 406.133 - Amendment of pleadings."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "406.133"
section_name: "Amendment of pleadings."
chapter_name: "COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION, FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "PROCEDURE"
part_number: "406"
part_name: "INVESTIGATIONS, ENFORCEMENT, AND ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "51 U.S.C. 50901-50923."
regulatory_source: "Docket No. FAA-2001-8607, 66 FR 2180, Jan. 10, 2001, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "406"
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# 406.133 Amendment of pleadings.
(a) *Time.* A party must file with the Federal Docket Management System and serve on each other party any amendment to a complaint or an answer as follows:
(1) Not later than 15 days before the scheduled date of a hearing, a party may amend a complaint or an answer without the consent of the administrative law judge.
(2) Less than 15 days before the scheduled date of a hearing, the administrative law judge may allow amendment of a complaint or an answer only for good cause shown in a motion to amend.
(b) *Responses.* The administrative law judge must allow a reasonable time, but not more than 20 days from the date of filing, for other parties to respond to an amendment to a complaint or answer.
[Doc. No. FAA-2001-8607, 66 FR 2180, Jan. 10, 2001, as amended at 72 FR 68477, Dec. 5, 2007]