---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 81.52"
title: "28"
number: "81.52"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/81.52"
---

# §81.52. Definitions.

- (a) If a term is not defined in this section, the statutory definition at 18 U.S.C. [2256](/usc/18/2256.md), [2259](/usc/18/2259.md), [2259A](/usc/18/2259A.md), or [2259B](/usc/18/2259B.md) applies to the submission and processing of requests to the Department.
- (b) Authorized representative means an attorney or legal guardian (for claimants under age 18, incompetent, or incapacitated) of a claimant, the personal representative of a deceased claimant's estate, any other person appointed as a representative of a claimant by a Federal court pursuant to [18 U.S.C. 2259(c)(4)](/usc/18/2259.md?p=c-4), or a personal representative designated by the claimant to act on the claimant's behalf.
- (c) Claimant means the person who claims to be a victim of trafficking in child pornography and to be eligible for the defined monetary assistance at [18 U.S.C. 2259(d)](/usc/18/2259.md?p=d).
- (d) Reserve means the Child Pornography Victims Reserve set forth in [34 U.S.C. 20101(d)(6)](/usc/34/20101.md?p=d-6). The Department may also refer to the Reserve as the Defined Monetary Assistance Victims Reserve.
- (e) **Victim—** or victim of trafficking in child pornography means a person whom a Federal court has determined, under [18 U.S.C. 2259(d)(1)(B)](/usc/18/2259.md?p=d-1-B), to be a victim of trafficking in child pornography.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 18 U.S.C. 2259, 2259A, 2259B; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510; 34 U.S.C. 20101(d), 20341.

### Source

Source: AG Order No. 6090-2024, 89 FR 92802, Nov. 25, 2024, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 28 U.S.C. 509, 510; 42 U.S.C. 13031, 13032.

### Source

Source: Order No. 2009-96, 61 FR 7706, Feb. 29, 1996, unless otherwise noted.