---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 14.5"
title: "28"
number: "14.5"
heading: "Review by legal officers."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/14.5"
---

# §14.5. Review by legal officers.


The authority to adjust, determine, compromise, and settle a claim under the provisions of [section 2672](/usc/28/2672.md) of title 28, United States Code, shall, if the amount of a proposed compromise, settlement, or award exceeds $5,000, be exercised by the head of an agency or his designee only after review by a legal officer of the agency.


## Notes

### Amendments

[Order No. 371-66, 31 FR 16616, Dec. 29, 1966, as amended by Order No. 757-77, 42 FR 62001, Dec. 8, 1977; Order No. 960-81, 46 FR 52355, Oct. 27, 1981]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510, and 2672.

### Source

Source: Order No. 371-66, 31 FR 16616, Dec. 29, 1966, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Order No. 371-66, 31 FR 16616, Dec. 29, 1966, as amended by Order No. 757-77, 42 FR 62001, Dec. 8, 1977; Order No. 960-81, 46 FR 52355, Oct. 27, 1981]