SF 713
Consent for Access to Records
What it is
A general consent allowing investigators to obtain records held about you by third parties.
What you do
Sign it as part of the questionnaire package. Investigators cannot obtain much of the record without it.
Also called
SF-713, SF713, consent for access to records, records release.
Where this comes from
GSA — Standard Forms. GSA forms page gives form number SF713 and revision date 05/2002.
Where this sits
Stage: Questionnaires and releases · Applies to: Government-wide
Other documents at this stage
- Questionnaire for National Security Positions · SF 86
- Personnel Vetting Questionnaire · PVQ
- Questionnaire for Non-Sensitive Positions · SF 85
- Questionnaire for Public Trust Positions · SF 85P
- Supplemental Questionnaire for Selected Positions · SF 85P-S
- Specific Release for Investigative Information · OFI 16A
How the process worksA contested case follows a published sequence. Open this for the short version, or put a question to Ask Mode on the home page. Accounts are free and include up to 25 questions per day.
A contested case follows a published path: a Statement of Reasons, the government's written list of its concerns (an SOR), a written answer, a hearing or a decision on the written record, the judge's decision, and in some cases an appeal.
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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.
Where to go from here
I do this for clients
Rank every decision by how closely it matches a matter, see how the assigned judge has ruled, and keep it together with cited exports.
For attorneys and firms →I am researching or teaching
Statistics, exports, monitoring, and the API, arranged individually. For scholarship and public interest work that usually means no charge.
Request access →Decided public cases: descriptive, never a prediction.