---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 770.10"
title: "10"
number: "770.10"
heading: "When must a person or entity, who wishes to contest a DOE denial of request for indemnification of a claim, begin legal action?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/770.10"
---

# §770.10. When must a person or entity, who wishes to contest a DOE denial of request for indemnification of a claim, begin legal action?


If DOE denies the claim, DOE must provide the person or entity with a notice of final denial of the claim by DOE by certified or registered mail. The person or entity must begin legal action within six months after the date of mailing.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 50 U.S.C. 2811.

### Source

Source: 65 FR 10689, Feb. 29, 2000, unless otherwise noted.