# 49 C.F.R. § 511.37 (2026): Sanctions for failure to comply with order

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T49_P511_S511_37

## Section

- **Citation:** 49 C.F.R. § 511.37 (2026)
- **Heading:** Sanctions for failure to comply with order
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Title 49 CFR: Transportation / Chapter V: NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION / Part 511: ADJUDICATIVE PROCEDURES / Subpart D: Discovery › Compulsory Process / § 511.37: § 511.37   Sanctions for failure to comply with order.

## Text

If a party fails to obey an order to provide or permit discovery, the Presiding Officer may take such action as is just, including but not limited to the following:
(a) Infer that the admission, testimony, document or other evidence would have been adverse to the party;
(b) Order that for the purposes of the proceeding, the matters regarding which the order was made or any other designated facts shall be taken to be established in accordance with the claim of the party obtaining the order;
(c) Order that the party withholding discovery not introduce into evidence or otherwise rely, in support of any claim or defense, upon the documents or other evidence withheld;
(d) Order that the party withholding discovery not introduce into evidence or otherwise use at the hearing, information obtained in discovery;
(e) Order that the party withholding discovery not be heard to object to introduction and use of secondary evidence to show what the withheld admission, testimony, documents, or other evidence would have shown;
(f) Order that a pleading, or part of a pleading, or a motion or other submission by the party, concerning which the order was issued, be stricken, or that decision on the pleadings be rendered against the party, or both; and
(g) Exclude the party or representative from proceedings, in accordance with § 511.42(b).
Any such action may be taken by order at any point in the proceedings.

## Nearby sections

- [49 C.F.R. § 511.31 (2026) § 511.31   General provisions governing discovery.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T49_P511_S511_31.md)
- [49 C.F.R. § 511.32 (2026) § 511.32   Written interrogatories to parties.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T49_P511_S511_32.md)
- [49 C.F.R. § 511.33 (2026) § 511.33   Production of documents and things.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T49_P511_S511_33.md)
- [49 C.F.R. § 511.34 (2026) § 511.34   Requests for admission.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T49_P511_S511_34.md)
- [49 C.F.R. § 511.35 (2026) § 511.35   Testimony upon oral examination.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T49_P511_S511_35.md)
- [49 C.F.R. § 511.36 (2026) § 511.36   Motions to compel discovery.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T49_P511_S511_36.md)
- [49 C.F.R. § 511.37 (2026) § 511.37   Sanctions for failure to comply with order.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T49_P511_S511_37.md)
- [49 C.F.R. § 511.38 (2026) § 511.38   Subpoenas.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T49_P511_S511_38.md)
- [49 C.F.R. § 511.39 (2026) § 511.39   Orders requiring witnesses to testify or provide other information and granting immunity.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T49_P511_S511_39.md)

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