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LegalText 38 U.S.C. § 5703 Certification of records of District of Columbia us united_states_code code_section 38 VETERANS BENEFITS 57 RECORDS AND INVESTIGATIONS 5703 38 U.S.C. § 5703 current 119-100 2026-06-26 official https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc38@119-100.zip /us/usc/t38/s5703 data/legal/raw/us/code/title-38/usc38.xml 98caed97b26e8252aeee41e1d66f69bae4d2da4c082816eb080a68dae59e2f76 372998691b72ade88787dfa7633dbda4954bd1b037ec7926c5e06e9b1d17fc66 70b60ce6e1309e616814feb2d6dfadad81c4ce4961ae28fa3522c67222855ab7 2026-07-04 official
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38 U.S.C. § 5703 - Certification of records of District of Columbia

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When a copy of any public record of the District of Columbia is required by the Secretary to be used in determining the eligibility of any person for benefits under laws administered by the Secretary, the official custodian of such public record shall without charge provide the applicant for such benefits or any person (including any veterans organization) acting on the veterans behalf or the authorized representative of the Secretary with a certified copy of such record.

(Pub. L. 85857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1237, § 3303; Pub. L. 99576, title VII, § 701(78), Oct. 28, 1986, 100 Stat. 3298; renumbered § 5703, Pub. L. 10240, title IV, § 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; Pub. L. 10283, § 4(a)(1), (2)(A)(xiii), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 403.)

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Editorial Notes

Amendments1991—Pub. L. 10240 renumbered section 3303 of this title as this section. Pub. L. 10283 substituted “Secretary” for “Veterans Administration” in two places and “administered by the Secretary” for “administered by the Veterans Administration”. 1986—Pub. L. 99576 substituted “the veterans” for “his”.