[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: 33CFR25.503]



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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 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 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.