UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM N-1A

File No. 002-95928
File No. 811-04547

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933	/X/
Pre-Effective Amendment No. _____	/   /
Post-Effective Amendment No.    65	/X/
	and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940	/X/
Amendment No.    65

(Check appropriate box or boxes.)

VOYAGEUR MUTUAL FUNDS III

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

2005 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	19103-7094
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

	Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code:	(800) 523-1918
David F. Connor, Esq., 2005 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-7094
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):

/X/	immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
/   /	on (date) pursuant to paragraph (b)
/   /	60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
/   /	on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
/   /	75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
/   /	on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.

If appropriate, check the following box:

/   /       this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Philadelphia and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on this 20th day of March, 2015.

VOYAGEUR MUTUAL FUNDS III
By:	/s/ Patrick P. Coyne
	Patrick P. Coyne
	President/Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

Signature		Title	Date
/s/ Patrick P. Coyne		President/Chief Executive Officer (Principal	March 20, 2015
Patrick P. Coyne		Executive Officer) and Trustee
Thomas L. Bennett	*	Chairman and Trustee	March 20, 2015
Thomas L. Bennett
Joseph W. Chow	*	Trustee	March 20, 2015
Joseph W. Chow
John A. Fry	*	Trustee	March 20, 2015
John A. Fry
Lucinda S. Landreth	*	Trustee	March 20, 2015
Lucinda S. Landreth
Frances A. Sevilla-Sacasa	*	Trustee	March 20, 2015
Frances A. Sevilla-Sacasa
Thomas K. Whitford	*	Trustee	March 20, 2015
Thomas K. Whitford
Janet L. Yeomans	*	Trustee	March 20, 2015
Janet L. Yeomans
J. Richard Zecher	*	Trustee	March 20, 2015
J. Richard Zecher
Richard Salus	*	Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer	March 20, 2015
Richard Salus		(Principal Financial Officer)

*By:	/s/ Patrick P. Coyne
	Patrick P. Coyne as Attorney-in-Fact for each of the persons indicated (Pursuant to Powers of Attorney previously filed)

INDEX TO EXHIBITS
(Voyageur Mutual Funds III N-1A)

Exhibit No.	Exhibit
EX-101.INS	XBRL Instance Document
EX-101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
EX-101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
EX-101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
EX-101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase