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FOIA Fees and Fee WaiversThe FOIA and the Department of the Treasury regulations (at 31 C.F.R. ยง 1.7) authorize the agency to recover the direct costs of providing information to a FOIA requester. The FOIA fees, which are applicable uniformly throughout the Department of the Treasury, permit FinCEN to charge a fee for document search, review, and reproduction. The total fee depends on the type of request. The FOIA and the Department of the Treasury regulations also set out the specific rules for requesting a fee waiver or a reduction in fees (see Fee Waiver subheading below). Some general principles apply to all requests such as:
If a determination is made that fees will be charged, the following fee categories will be used to calculate the exact fees for requesters: Fee Categories
Note: The table below is a quick reference of how we assess fees for each category:
Fee Rates
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