---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 257.4"
title: "32"
number: "257.4"
heading: "Policy."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/257.4"
---

# §257.4. Policy.


It is DoD policy to accept service of process directed to the Secretary of Defense or a Secretary of a Military Department in his official capacity. Acceptance of service of process will not constitute an admission or waiver with respect to the jurisdiction or to the propriety of service.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 133.

### Source

Source: 49 FR 1490, Jan. 12, 1984, unless otherwise noted.