---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 18.601"
title: "29"
number: "18.601"
heading: "General rule of competency."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/18.601"
---

# §18.601. General rule of competency.


Every person is competent to be a witness except as otherwise provided in these rules. However with respect to an element of a claim or defense as to which State law supplies the rule of decision, the competency of a witness shall be determined in accordance with State law.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 55 FR 13219, Apr. 9, 1990, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 5 U.S.C. 551-553; 5 U.S.C. 571 note; E.O. 12778; 57 FR 7292.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 32538, July 15, 1983, unless otherwise noted.