---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 919.990"
title: "5"
number: "919.990"
heading: "Preponderance of the evidence."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/919.990"
---

# §919.990. Preponderance of the evidence.


Preponderance of the evidence means proof by information that, compared with information opposing it, leads to the conclusion that the fact at issue is more probably true than not.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 2455, Pub. L. 103-355, 108 Stat. 3327; E.O. 12549, 3 CFR, 1986 Comp., p.189; E.O. 12689, 3 CFR, 1989 Comp., p.235.

### Source

Source: 68 FR 66544, 66561, Nov. 26, 2003, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 68 FR 74161, Dec. 23, 2003.