33 CFR 25.503
§ 25.503 Proper claimants.
United States · 33 CFR — Navigation and Navigable Waters · Status: effective
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- 33 CFR 25.503, § 25.503 Proper claimants, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/149484
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(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 § 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.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.