39 CFR § 965.7 - Default.

---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t39/s965.7"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "39 CFR § 965.7 - Default."
title_number: 39
title_name: "Postal Service"
section_number: "965.7"
section_name: "Default."
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE"
subchapter_number: "N"
subchapter_name: "PROCEDURES"
part_number: "965"
part_name: "MAIL DISPUTES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "39 U.S.C. 204, 401."
regulatory_source: "52 FR 29012, Aug. 5, 1987, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "965"
---


# 965.7 Default.

A party who fails to file the submittal required by § 965.5 may be held in default and the presiding officer may issue an initial decision that mail be delivered to the other party.