PART 185--TESTIMONY BY EMPLOYEES AND PRODUCTION OF RECORDS IN LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS, AND SERVICE OF LEGAL PROCESS AND PLEADINGS
Sec.
185.1 Purpose.
185.3 Acceptance of service on behalf of the Secretary of Transportation or
the Administrator.
185.5 Testimony by employees and production of records in legal proceedings.
Authority: Secs. 303, 313, 72 Stat. 747, 752; 49 U.S.C. 1344, 1354, 1655;
Part 9 of the regulations of the Office of the Secretary of Transportation
(49 CFR Part 9) as amended (34 FR 11972).
(a) The purpose of this part is to name the FAA officials who, pursuant to
Part 9 of the regulations of the Office of the Secretary of Transportation
(49 CFR Part 9) as amended (34 FR 11972, July 16, 1969), are those:
(1) Upon whom legal process or pleadings may be served in any legal
proceeding concerning the FAA, and who have authority to acknowledge the
service and take further action thereon; and
(2) Who otherwise perform the functions prescribed by Part 9 in legal
proceedings concerning the FAA with respect to testimony by FAA employees and
production of FAA records in legal proceedings.
(b) For purposes of this part, "legal proceedings" includes any proceeding
before a court of law, administrative board or commission, hearing officer,
or other body conducting a legal or administrative proceeding.
Sec. 185.3 Acceptance of service on behalf of the Secretary of
Transportation or the Administrator.
Legal process or pleadings in any legal proceeding concerning the FAA may
be served, at the option of the server, on the Chief Counsel, Deputy Chief
Counsel, Assistant Chief Counsel, Litigation Division, of the FAA, or any
other FAA official designated by the Chief Counsel, with the same effect as
if served upon the Secretary of Transportation or the Administrator. The
official accepting the service under this section acknowledges the service
and takes further action as appropriate.
Sec. 185.5 Testimony by employees and production of records in legal
proceedings.
The Chief Counsel, and each Assistant Chief Councel, the Assistant Chief
Councel for the Aeronautical Center, and the Assistant Chief Councel for the
Technical Center, with respect to matters arising within his respective
jurisdiction, and any other FAA official designated by the Chief Counsel,
perform the functions in legal proceedings (other than one described in Sec.
185.3 of this part) as prescribed by Part 9 of the regulations of the Office
of the Secretary of Transportation, with respect to testimony by FAA
employees and production of FAA records in legal proceedings.
[Doc. No. 9900, 34 FR 16622, Oct. 17, 1969, as amended by Amdt. 185-1, 54 FR
39296, Sept. 25, 1989]
