{"data":{"id":"us/49-cfr-5.75","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"49 CFR 5.75","heading":"Representation of regulated parties.","body":"Subject to ethical standards governing post-Federal employment and applicable State bar requirements, regulated entities are free to choose their representatives—attorney or non-attorney—who will represent them before an OST component or OA. Each OST component or OA should assist pro se litigants and those who are unfamiliar with our procedures to the extent practical and allowable under ethical and State bar requirements.","path":["Title 49—Transportation","Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary of Transportation","PART 5—ADMINISTRATIVE RULEMAKING, GUIDANCE, AND ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES","Subpart D—Enforcement Procedures"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-49.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:34Z","sha256":"0d605d55c69143a557599a985ce8147d8fb582cf9470bfdda58a662176b4cff4","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/49-cfr-5.73","next":"us/49-cfr-5.77"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}