[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR25.503]

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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
          CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 25--CLAIMS--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart E--Foreign Claims
 
Sec. 25.503  Proper claimants.

    (a) The claimant, or the decedent in a death case, must have been an 
inhabitant of a foreign country at the time of the incident giving rise 
to the claim

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and must not be otherwise excluded by Sec. 25.505. It is not necessary 
that a claimant be a citizen of, or legal domiciliary of the foreign 
country.
    (b) A corporation or other organization doing business in a foreign 
country on a permanent basis may qualify as a proper claimant although 
organized under United States law.
    (c) The government of a foreign country or a political subdivision 
thereof is a proper claimant unless excluded by waiver provisions of 
applicable international agreements.