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45 CFR § 500.2 - Notice of entry or withdrawal of counsel in claims.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t45/s500.2"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "45 CFR § 500.2 - Notice of entry or withdrawal of counsel in claims."
title_number: 45
title_name: "Public Welfare"
section_number: "500.2"
section_name: "Notice of entry or withdrawal of counsel in claims."
chapter_name: "FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION OF THE UNITED STATES, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "RULES OF PRACTICE"
part_number: "500"
part_name: "APPEARANCE AND PRACTICE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 2, Pub. L. 896, 80th Cong., 62 Stat. 1240, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2001); sec. 3, Pub. L. 455, 81st Cong., 64 Stat. 12, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1622); 18 U.S.C. 207; Sec.1705(a)(2), Pub. L. 114-328, 114th Cong., 130 Stat. 2644."
regulatory_source: "66 FR 49844, Oct. 1, 2001, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "500"
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# 500.2 Notice of entry or withdrawal of counsel in claims.

(a) Counsel entering an appearance in a claim originally filed by a claimant in the claimant's own behalf, or upon request for a substitution of attorneys, will be required to file an authorization signed by the claimant.

(b) When counsel seeks to withdraw from the prosecution of a claim, he or she will be required to demonstrate that the client (claimant) has been duly notified.

(c) When a claimant advises the Commission that counsel no longer represents that claimant, a copy of the Commission's acknowledgment will be forwarded to that counsel.