---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 1471.990"
title: "29"
number: "1471.990"
heading: "Preponderance of the evidence."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/1471.990"
---

# §1471.990. Preponderance of the evidence.


Preponderance of the evidence means proof by information that, compared with information opposing it, leads to the conclusion that the fact at issue is more probably true than not.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: E.O. 12549 ,3 CFR 1986 Comp., p. 189; E.O. 12698, 3 CFR 1989 Comp., p. 235; sec. 2455, Pub. L. 103-355, 108 Stat. 3327 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note); 29 U.S.C. 175a.

### Source

Source: 68 FR 66544, 66603, 66604, Nov. 26, 2003, unless otherwise noted.