[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 38, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 38CFR14.669]

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            TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
 
                CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
 
PART 14_LEGAL SERVICES, GENERAL COUNSEL, AND MISCELLANEOUS
 
Sec.  14.669  Fees of agents or attorneys; penalty.

    The Military Personnel and Civilian Employees' Claims Act of 1964 
(Pub. L. 88-558; 78 Stat. 767) was amended by Pub. L. 89-185 (79 Stat. 
789), on September 15, 1965, by adding a new section which provided that 
no more than 10 percent of the amount paid in settlement of each 
individual claim submitted and settled under the authority of the Act 
shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on 
account of services rendered in connection with that claim. Any person 
violating the provisions of this Act is deemed to be guilty of a 
misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not 
exceeding $1,000.

[38 FR 5475, Mar. 1, 1973]

                        Commitments--Fiduciaries

    Source: 42 FR 41422, Aug. 17, 1977, unless otherwise noted.