[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 44, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 44CFR62.22]

[Page 304]
 
              TITLE 44--EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE
 
 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 
                                SECURITY
 
PART 62_SALE OF INSURANCE AND ADJUSTMENT OF CLAIMS--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart B_Claims Adjustment, Claims Appeals, and Judicial Review
 
Sec.  62.22  Judicial review.

    (a) Upon the disallowance by the Federal Insurance Administration, a 
participating Write-Your-Own Company, or the servicing agent of any 
claim on grounds other than failure to file a proof of loss, or upon the 
refusal of the claimant to accept the amount allowed upon any claim 
after appraisal pursuant to policy provisions, the claimant within one 
year after the date of mailing by the Federal Insurance Administration, 
the participating Write-Your-Own Company, or the servicing agent of the 
notice of disallowance or partial disallowance of the claim may, 
pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 4072, institute an action on such claim against 
the insurer only in the U.S. District Court for the district in which 
the insured property or the major portion thereof shall have been 
situated, without regard to the amount in controversy.
    (b) Service of process for all judicial proceedings where a claimant 
is suing Director pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 4071 shall be made upon the 
appropriate United States Attorney, the Attorney General of the United 
States, and the Federal Insurance Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency.

[43 FR 2573, Jan. 17, 1978. Redesignated at 44 FR 31177, May 31, 1979, 
as amended at 47 FR 43061 Sept. 30, 1982; 49 FR 33879, Aug. 27, 1984; 69 
FR 45610, July 30, 2004]