{"data":{"id":"us/32-cfr-1605.51","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"32 CFR 1605.51","heading":"Area.","body":"(a) The Director of Selective Service shall divide each State into local board areas and establish local boards. There shall be at least one local board in each county except where the Director of Selective Service establishes an intercounty board. When more than one local board is established within the same geographical jurisdiction, registrants residing in that area will be assigned among the boards as prescribed by the Director of Selective Service. The Director of Selective Service may establish panels of local boards.\n(b) [Reserved]","path":["Title 32—National Defense","Subtitle B—Other Regulations Relating to National Defense","CHAPTER XVI—SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM","PART 1605—SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM ORGANIZATION"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-32.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:30Z","sha256":"4db8b4691ab8639ba5330f39f425a85ebb6fd3c1553cc0dee81e494214f15240","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/32-cfr-1605.28","next":"us/32-cfr-1605.52"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}