[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: 38CFR2.3]

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            TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
 
                CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
 
PART 2_DELEGATIONS OF AUTHORITY--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  2.3  Delegation of authority to employees to take affidavits, 

to administer oaths, etc.

    (a) An employee to whom authority is delegated by the Secretary in 
accordance with 38 U.S.C. 5711, or to whom authority was delegated by 
the Secretary in accordance with title III, Pub. L. 844, 74th Congress, 
section 616, Pub. L. 801, 76th Congress, and section 1211, Pub. L. 85-
56, is by virtue of such delegated authority, until such authority is 
revoked or otherwise terminated, empowered to take affidavits, to 
administer oaths and affirmations, to aid claimants in the preparation 
and presentation of claims, and to make investigations, examine 
witnesses, and certify to the correctness of papers and documents upon 
any matter within the jurisdiction of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs. Such employee is not authorized to administer oaths in 
connection with the execution of affidavits relative to fiscal vouchers 
and is not authorized to take acknowledgments to policy loan agreements 
and applications for cash surrender value to United States Government 
life insurance and National Service life insurance.
    (b) Any such oath, affirmation, affidavit, or examination, when 
certified under the hand of any such employee by whom it was 
administered or taken and authenticated by the seal of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, may be offered or used in any court of the United 
States and, without further proof of the identity or authority of such 
employee, shall have like force and effect as if administered or taken 
before a clerk of such court.
    (c) The delegated authority from the Secretary to employees to take 
affidavits, to administer oaths, etc., will be evidenced by VA Form 4505 
series.

[24 FR 10018, Dec. 11, 1959. Redesignated at 64 FR 47111, Aug. 30, 1999]