---
kind: "section"
citation: "39 C.F.R. § 912.12"
title: "39"
number: "912.12"
heading: "Review by legal officers."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/39/912.12"
---

# §912.12. Review by legal officers.


The authority of the Postal Service to adjust, determine, compromise, and settle a claim under the provisions of the Federal Tort Claims Act shall, if the amount of a proposed compromise, settlement, or award exceeds $5,000, be exercised only after review by a legal officer of the Postal Service.


## Notes

### Amendments

[45 FR 43720, June 30, 1980, as amended at 69 FR 52607, Aug. 27, 2004]

### Authority

Authority: 28 U.S.C. 2671-2680; 28 CFR 14.1 through 14.11; 39 U.S.C. 409.

### Amendments

[45 FR 43720, June 30, 1980, as amended at 69 FR 52607, Aug. 27, 2004]