---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 2556.325"
title: "45"
number: "2556.325"
heading: "May a VISTA be provided coverage for legal defense expenses related to VISTA service?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/2556.325"
---

# §2556.325. May a VISTA be provided coverage for legal defense expenses related to VISTA service?


Under certain circumstances, as set forth in [§§ 2556.330 through 2556.335](/cfr/45/2556.330..2556.335.md), AmeriCorps may pay reasonable legal defense expenses incurred in judicial or administrative proceedings for the defense of a VISTA serving in the VISTA program. Such covered legal expenses consist of counsel fees, court costs, bail, and other expenses incidental to a VISTA's legal defense.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4951-4953; 5 CFR part 734, 42 U.S.C. 4953(a), (f), 4954(b), (e), 4955(b), 4956, 5043(a)-(c), 5044(a)-(c), (e), 5046, 5052, 5056, and 5057; 42 U.S.C. 12651b (g)(10); 42 U.S.C. 12651c(c); E.O. 13279, 67 FR 77141, 3 CFR, 2002 Comp., p. 2156, 42 U.S.C. 4954(a), (b), (d), 4955, 5044(e), 5055, and 5059; 42 U.S.C. 12602(c), 42 U.S.C. 4953(b), (c), (f), and 5044(e).

### Source

Source: 88 FR 31180, May 16, 2023, unless otherwise noted.