---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 89.13"
title: "49"
number: "89.13"
heading: "Documentary evidence of compromise."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/89.13"
---

# §89.13. Documentary evidence of compromise.


A compromise of any claim is not final or binding on the United States unless it is in writing, signed by an officer or employee authorized to compromise that claim.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Pub. L. 89-508; Pub. L. 89-365, secs. 3, 10, 11, 13(b), 31 U.S.C. 3701-3720A; Pub. L. 98-167; Pub. L. 98-369; Pub. L. 99-578; Pub. L. 101-552, 31 U.S.C. 3711(a)(2).

### Source

Source: 53 FR 51238, Dec. 21, 1988, unless otherwise noted.