---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 18b.13"
title: "38"
number: "18b.13"
heading: "Appearance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/18b.13"
---

# §18b.13. Appearance.


A party may appear in person or by counsel and participate fully in any proceeding. A State agency or a corporation may appear by any of its officers or by any employee it authorizes to appear on its behalf. Counsel must be members in good standing of the bar of a State, territory, or possession of the United States or of the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 38 U.S.C. 501 and 38 CFR 18.9(d) and appendix A, part 18.

### Source

Source: 35 FR 10760, July 2, 1970, unless otherwise noted.