# 38 C.F.R. § 38.600 (2026): Definitions > Federal · Regulations · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T38_P38_S38_600 ## Section - **Citation:** 38 C.F.R. § 38.600 (2026) - **Heading:** Definitions - **Jurisdiction:** Federal - **Kind:** Regulations - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** Title 38 CFR: Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief / Chapter I: DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS / Part 38: NATIONAL CEMETERIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS / § 38.600: § 38.600 Definitions. ## Text (a) The following definitions apply to this part: Appropriate State official means a State attorney general or other official with statewide responsibility for law enforcement or penal functions. Clear and convincing evidence means that degree of proof which produces in the mind of the fact-finder a firm belief regarding the question at issue. Convicted means a finding of guilt by a judgment or verdict or based on a plea of guilty, by a Federal or State criminal court. Federal capital crime means an offense under Federal law for which a sentence of imprisonment for life or the death penalty may be imposed. Interment means the burial or entombment of casketed or cremated remains, including the placement of cremated remains in a columbarium niche. Life imprisonment means a sentence of a Federal or State criminal court directing confinement in a penal institution for life. Memorialization means any action taken to honor the memory of a deceased individual. Personal representative means a family member or other individual who has identified himself or herself to the National Cemetery Administration as the person responsible for making decisions concerning the interment of the remains of or memorialization of a deceased individual. State capital crime means, under State law, the willful, deliberate, or premeditated unlawful killing of another human being for which a sentence of imprisonment for life or the death penalty may be imposed. (b) Other terms not defined in paragraph (a) of this section may be defined within and be applicable to other sections throughout this part. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 2404, 2411) [86 FR 43097, Aug. 6, 2021; 86 FR 47387, Aug. 25, 2021, as amended at 89 FR 40391, May 10, 2024] ## Nearby sections - [38 C.F.R. § 38.600 (2026) § 38.600 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T38_P38_S38_600.md) - [38 C.F.R. § 38.601 (2026) § 38.601 Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T38_P38_S38_601.md) - [38 C.F.R. § 38.603 (2026) § 38.603 Gifts and donations.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T38_P38_S38_603.md) - [38 C.F.R. § 38.617 (2026) § 38.617 Prohibition of interment or memorialization of persons who committed certain Federal or State crimes.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T38_P38_S38_617.md) - [38 C.F.R. § 38.618 (2026) § 38.618 Findings concerning commission of a capital crime or certain sex offenses where a person has not been convicted due to death or flight to avoid prosecution.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T38_P38_S38_618.md) - [38 C.F.R. § 38.619 (2026) § 38.619 Requests for interment, committal services or memorial services, and funeral honors.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T38_P38_S38_619.md) - [38 C.F.R. § 38.620 (2026) § 38.620 Persons eligible for burial.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T38_P38_S38_620.md) - [38 C.F.R. § 38.621 (2026) § 38.621 Disinterments.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T38_P38_S38_621.md) - [38 C.F.R. § 38.622 (2026) § 38.622 Reconsideration of prior interment and memorialization decisions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T38_P38_S38_622.md) - [38 C.F.R. § 38.628 (2026) § 38.628 Allowance for caskets and urns for unclaimed remains of veterans.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T38_P38_S38_628.md) - [38 C.F.R. § 38.629 (2026) § 38.629 Outer burial receptacles.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T38_P38_S38_629.md) - [38 C.F.R. § 38.630 (2026) § 38.630 Burial headstones and markers; medallions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T38_P38_S38_630.md) - [38 C.F.R. § 38.631 (2026) § 38.631 Memorial headstones and markers.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T38_P38_S38_631.md) - [38 C.F.R. § 38.632 (2026) § 38.632 Emblems of belief.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T38_P38_S38_632.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T38_P38_S38_600. Check the current official text before relying on it. Not legal advice.