---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 U.S.C. § 314"
title: "38"
title_heading: "Veterans’ Benefits"
number: "314"
heading: "Central Office"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/38/314"
units:
  - "Part I — General Provisions"
  - "Chapter 3 — Department of Veterans Affairs"
---

# §314. Central Office


The Central Office of the [Department](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) shall be in the District of Columbia.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 102–83, § 2(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 383.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Prior section 314 was renumbered section 1114 of this title.

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 230(a) of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102–83, § 2(a).