32 CFR § 725.1 - Purpose.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t32/s725.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "32 CFR § 725.1 - Purpose."
title_number: 32
title_name: "National Defense"
section_number: "725.1"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "PERSONNEL"
part_number: "725"
part_name: "RELEASE OF OFFICIAL INFORMATION FOR LITIGATION PURPOSES AND TESTIMONY BY DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY PERSONNEL"
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; 10 U.S.C. 113, 5013; 31 U.S.C. 9701 and 32 CFR part 97."
regulatory_source: "57 FR 2463, Jan. 22, 1992, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "725"
---
# 725.1 Purpose.
This instruction implements 32 CFR part 97 regarding the release of official Department of the Navy (DON) information and provision of testimony by DON personnel for litigation purposes, and prescribes conduct of DON personnel in response to a litigation request or demand. It restates the information contained in Secretary of the Navy Instruction 5820.8A of 27 August 1991
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[^], and is intended to conform in all respects with the requirements of that instruction.
<sup>1</sup> Copies may be obtained, if needed, from the Naval Publications and Forms Directorate, Attn: Code 301, 5801 Tabor Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19120-5099.