[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 33, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 33CFR25.207]



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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 

PART 25_CLAIMS--Table of Contents

 

                       Subpart B_Admiralty Claims

 

Sec. 25.207  Time limitation on claims.



    (a) A settlement authority may administratively settle and approve a 

claim for final payment within two years from the date that the cause of 

action accrues. Otherwise, the claim is barred. This two-year period is 

not extended by presenting a claim nor by negotiations or 

correspondence. The existence of an administrative claim does not extend 

the two year statute of limitations in 46 U.S.C. 745.

    (b) If a complaint is filed in a Federal District Court before the 

expiration of the two-year period, an administrative settlement may be 

negotiated by the settlement authority only with the consent of the 

Department of Justice. Payment is made upon final dismissal of the 

complaint.