---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 178.103"
title: "5"
number: "178.103"
heading: "Claim filed by a claimant's representative."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/178.103"
---

# §178.103. Claim filed by a claimant's representative.


A claim filed by a claimant's representative must be supported by a duly executed power of attorney or other documentary evidence of the representative's right to act for the claimant.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3702; 5 U.S.C. 5583; 38 U.S.C. 5122; Pub. L. No. 104-53, 211, Nov. 19, 1995; E.O. 12107.

### Source

Source: 62 FR 68139, Dec. 31, 1997, unless otherwise noted.