[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 5]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR750.5]

[Page 390-391]
 
                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                   CHAPTER VI--DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
 
PART 750_GENERAL CLAIMS REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart A_General Provisions for Claims
 
Sec. 750.5  Claims: Proper claimants.

    (a) Damage to property cases. A claim for damage to, or destruction 
or loss of, property shall be presented by the owner of the property or 
a duly authorized agent or legal representative. ``Owner'' includes a 
bailee, lessee, or mortgagor, but does not include a mortgagee, 
conditional vendor, or

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other person having title for security purposes only.
    (b) Personal injury and death cases. A claim for personal injury 
shall be presented by the person injured or a duly authorized agent or 
legal representative, or, in the case of death, by the properly 
appointed legal representative of the deceased's estate or survivor 
where authorized by State law.
    (c) Subrogation. A subrogor and a subrogee may file claims jointly 
or separately. When separate claims are filed and each claim 
individually is within local adjudicating authority limits, they may be 
processed locally, even if the aggregate of such claims exceeds local 
monetary jurisdiction, if they do not exceed the sum for which approval 
of the Department of Justice is required (currently, $100,000.00) under 
the Federal Tort Claims Act. Where they exceed this amount, they shall 
be referred to the Claims and Tort Litigation Division.
    (d) Limitation on transfers and assignment. All transfers and 
assignments made of any claim upon the United States, and all powers of 
attorney, orders, or other authorities for receiving payment of any such 
claim, are absolutely null and void unless they are made after the 
allowance of such a claim, the ascertainment of the amount due, and the 
issuing of a warrant for the payment thereof. 31 U.S.C. 203. This 
statutory provision does not apply to the assignment of a claim by 
operation of law, as in the case of a receiver or trustee in bankruptcy 
appointed for an individual, firm, or corporation, or the case of an 
administrator or executor of the estate of a person deceased, or an 
insurer subrogated to the rights of the insured.