38 CFR § 14.561 - Administrative action prior to submission.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t38/s14.561"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "38 CFR § 14.561 - Administrative action prior to submission."
title_number: 38
title_name: "Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief"
section_number: "14.561"
section_name: "Administrative action prior to submission."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS"
part_number: "14"
part_name: "LEGAL SERVICES, GENERAL COUNSEL, AND MISCELLANEOUS CLAIMS"
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; 28 U.S.C. 2671-2680; 38 U.S.C. 501(a), 512, 515, 5502, 5901-5905; 28 CFR part 14, appendix to part 14, unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "19 FR 5552, Aug. 31, 1954, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "14"
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# 14.561 Administrative action prior to submission.
Before a submission is made to the U.S. Attorney in cases involving personnel or claims, the General Counsel, if the file is in Central Office, or the Regional Counsel at the regional office, hospital or center, if the file is in the regional office or other field facility, will first ascertain that necessary administrative or adjudicatory (forfeiture (see Pub. L. 86-222; 73 Stat. 452), etc.), action has been taken; except that in urgent cases such as breaches of the peace, disorderly conduct, trespass, robbery, or where the evidence may be lost by delay, or prosecution barred by the statute of limitations, submission to the U.S. Attorney will be made immediately.
[42 FR 41413, Aug. 17, 1977]