32 CFR § 257.5 - Responsibilities.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t32/s257.5"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "32 CFR § 257.5 - Responsibilities."
title_number: 32
title_name: "National Defense"
section_number: "257.5"
section_name: "Responsibilities."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE"
subchapter_number: "M"
subchapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS"
part_number: "257"
part_name: "ACCEPTANCE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301, 133."
regulatory_source: "49 FR 1490, Jan. 12, 1984, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "257"
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# 257.5 Responsibilities.
The following responsibilities may not be redelegated:
(a) The *General Counsel, Department of Defense,* shall accept service of process for the OSD.
(b) The *Secretary of the Army,* or his designee, the *Chief, Litigation Division,* Office of the Judge Advocate General, shall accept service of process for the Department of the Army.
(c) The *Secretary of the Navy,* or his designee, the *General Counsel,* shall accept service of process for the Department of the Navy.
(d) The *Secretary of the Air Force,* or his designee, the *Chief, General Litigation Division,* Office of the Judge Advocate General, shall accept service of process for the Department of the Air Force.