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Unacceptable Case Notice

Form FIPC 45A. This is an agency-to-agency document. You do not normally receive it, and it is not an adverse action.

What it is

Sent to the agency when an investigation request is returned as unacceptable, typically because the investigative forms were not completed correctly. It is a paperwork rejection, not a finding about the person.

What you do

Nothing directly. In practice it usually means a form has to be corrected and resubmitted.

Also called

FIPC 45A, unacceptable case, case rejected.

Where this comes from

DCSA — Terms and Definitions DCSA: sent when requests "are returned to agencies as unacceptable", where forms "are not completed correctly".

Related services

If the document you have received is an adverse one, these are the next steps available.

Checked against the issuing agency’s own published source. Descriptive research on published procedures. Not legal advice, and not a prediction about any pending case.