[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 4]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1626.7]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
          CHAPTER XIV--EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION
 
PART 1626_PROCEDURES_AGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT ACT--
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Sec.  1626.7  Timeliness of charge.

    (a) Potential charging parties will be advised that, pursuant to 
section 7(d) (1) and (2) of the Act, no civil suit may be commenced by 
an individual until 60 days after a charge has been filed on the subject 
matter of the suit, and such charge shall be filed with the Commission 
or its designated agent within 180 days of the alleged discriminatory 
action, or, in a case where the alleged discriminatory action occurs in 
a State which has its own age discrimination law and authority 
administering that law, within 300 days of the alleged discriminatory 
action, or 30 days after receipt of notice of termination of State 
proceedings, whichever is earlier.
    (b) For purposes of determining the date of filing with the 
Commission, the following applies:
    (1) Charges filed by mail:
    (i) Date of postmark, if legible,
    (ii) Date of letter, if postmark is illegible,
    (iii) Date of receipt by Commission, or its designated agent, if 
postmark and letter date are illegible and/or cannot be accurately 
affixed;
    (2) Written charges filed in person: Date of receipt;
    (3) Oral charges filed in person or by telephone, as reduced to 
writing: Date of oral communication received by Commission.

[48 FR 140, Jan. 3, 1983, as amended at 68 FR 70152, Dec. 17, 2003]