Regulations last checked for updates: May 02, 2025

Title 8 - Aliens and Nationality last revised: Apr 14, 2025
§ 274a.4 - Good faith defense.

An employer or a recruiter or referrer for a fee for employment who shows good faith compliance with the employment verification requirements of § 274a.2(b) of this part shall have established a rebuttable affirmative defense that the person or entity has not violated section 274A(a)(1)(A) of the Act with respect to such hiring, recruiting, or referral.

authority: 8 U.S.C. 1101,1103,1105a,1324a; 48 U.S.C. 1806; Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890, as amended by Pub. L. 114-74, 129 Stat. 599; Title VII of Pub. L. 110-229, 122 Stat. 754; Pub. L. 115-218, 132 Stat. 1547; 8 CFR part 2
source: 52 FR 16221, May 1, 1987, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 8 CFR 274a.4