---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 725.103"
title: "20"
number: "725.103"
heading: "Burden of proof."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/725.103"
---

# §725.103. Burden of proof.


Except as otherwise provided in this part and [part 718](/cfr/20/part718.md), the burden of proving a fact alleged in connection with any provision shall rest with the party making such allegation.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990); Pub. L. 114-74 at sec. 701; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174; 30 U.S.C. 901 et seq., 902(f), 921, 932, 936; 33 U.S.C. 901 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 405; Secretary's Order 10-2009, 74 FR 58834.

### Source

Source: 65 FR 80054, Dec. 20, 2000, unless otherwise noted.