25 CFR § 515.9 - Notice of court-ordered and emergency disclosures.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t25/s515.9"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "25 CFR § 515.9 - Notice of court-ordered and emergency disclosures."
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "515.9"
section_name: "Notice of court-ordered and emergency disclosures."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
part_number: "515"
part_name: "PRIVACY ACT PROCEDURES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 552a"
regulatory_source: "82 FR 8141, Jan. 24, 2017, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "515"
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# 515.9 Notice of court-ordered and emergency disclosures.

(a) *Court-ordered disclosures.* When a record pertaining to an individual is required to be disclosed by a court order, the Privacy Act Officer shall make reasonable efforts to provide notice of this to the individual. Notice shall be given within a reasonable time after the Privacy Act Officer's receipt of the order—except that in a case in which the order is not a matter of public record, the notice shall be given only after the order becomes public. This notice shall be mailed to the individual's last known address and shall contain a copy of the order and a description of the information disclosed. Notice shall not be given if disclosure is made from a criminal law enforcement system of records that has been exempted from the notice requirement.

(b) *Emergency disclosures.* Upon disclosing a record pertaining to an individual made under compelling circumstances affecting health or safety, the Privacy Act Officer shall, within a reasonable time, notify that individual of the disclosure. This notice shall be mailed to the individual's last known address and shall state the nature of the information disclosed; the person, organization, or agency to which it was disclosed; the date of disclosure; and the compelling circumstances justifying disclosure.