---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 12602a"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "12602a"
heading: "Certifications of successful completion of terms of service"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/12602a"
units:
  - "Chapter 129 — National and Community Service"
  - "Subchapter I — National and Community Service State Grant Program"
  - "Division D — National Service Trust and Provision of Educational Awards"
---

# §12602a. Certifications of successful completion of terms of service

- (a) **Certifications—** In making any authorized disbursement from the National Service Trust in regard to an eligible individual (including disbursement for a designated individual, as defined in [section 12604(f)(8) of this title](/usc/42/12604.md?p=f-8), due to the service of an eligible individual) under [section 12602 of this title](/usc/42/12602.md) who served in an approved national service position, an approved summer of service position, or an approved silver scholar position, the [Corporation](/usc/42/2297h.md?p=2) shall rely on a certification. The certification shall be made by the entity that selected the individual for and supervised the individual in the approved national service position in which such individual successfully completed a required term of service, in a national service [program](/usc/42/12626.md?p=8).
- (b) **Effect of erroneous certifications—** If the [Corporation](/usc/42/2297h.md?p=2) determines that the certification under [subsection (a)](#a) is erroneous or incorrect, the [Corporation](/usc/42/2297h.md?p=2) shall assess against the national service [program](/usc/42/12626.md?p=8) a charge for the amount of any associated payment or potential payment from the National Service Trust. In assessing the amount of the charge, the [Corporation](/usc/42/2297h.md?p=2) shall consider the full facts and circumstances surrounding the erroneous or incorrect certification.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 101–610, title I, § 146A, as added Pub. L. 111–13, title I, § 1403, Apr. 21, 2009, 123 Stat. 1514.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 2009, see section 6101(a) of Pub. L. 111–13, set out as an Effective Date of 2009 Amendment note under section 4950 of this title.