SSN Policy Manual

What Does That Mean

Are You Really Required to a have Telephone Number? Based upon the following review of several federal laws we might conclude that most Americans are required, by law, to have a telephone number. 29 USC 521 3 requires that employers and employees "shall provide the name, telephone number, and address of the employer and the name, telephone number, and address of the employee." As a passenger on any commercial airline, Federal law 49 USC 44909 requires that the "passenger manifest shall include .. . the name and telephone number of a contact for each passenger." USC § I603 requires that individual who register as lobbyists "shall contain the name, address, business telephone number." 42 USC 5666 states that "each party to any paternity or child support proceeding is required to include social security number, residential and mailing addresses, telephone number, driver's license number, and name, address, and telephone number of employer, 11 USC Rules Form 1 "requires a debtor not represented by an attorney to provide a telephone number." 26 USC Rule 24 states that any person who wishes to represent himself without counsel "shall state, in the initial pleading ... such person's name, address, and telephone number." USC s104A states that the owner of a copyright who files a Notice of Intent to Enforce a Restored Copyright "shall include an address and telephone number at which the owner may be contacted." 28 USC Rule 26 states that each witness at a Pretrial Disclosure "shall provide to other parties the name, address and telephone number of each witness," 26 USC Rule 241 states that the petitioner for an action for readjustment of partnership "shall contain the signature, mailing address, and telephone number of each petitioner." 26 USC Rule 34 states that the petitioner for an action for deficiency or liability actions: The petition in a deficiency or liability action "shall contain the signature, mailing address, and telephone number of each petitioner" 26 USC Rule 291 states that the petitioner for an action for redetermination of employment status "shall contain the signature, mailing address, and telephone number of each petitioner" 26 USC Rule 281 states that the petitioner for an action for review of failure to abate interest "shall contain the telephone number of each petitioner" 26 USC Rule 271 states that the petitioner for an action for administrative "shall contain the signature, mailing address, and telephone number of each or each petitioner's counsel."