---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 1261.307"
title: "14"
number: "1261.307"
heading: "Time limitations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/1261.307"
---

# §1261.307. Time limitations.

- (a) A claim may not be acted upon pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act unless it is presented to NASA within 2 years after it accrued.
- (b) A claim may not be acted upon pursuant to 51 U.S.C. [20113(m)(1)](/usc/51/20113.md?p=m-1) or [(2)](/usc/51/20113.md?p=m-2) unless it is presented to NASA within two years after the occurrence of the accident or incident out of which the claim arose.
- (c) A claim shall be deemed to have been presented to NASA when NASA receives from a claimant or duly authorized agent or legal representative an executed Standard Form 95 or other written notification of an incident or accident, accompanied by a claim in a sum certain.

## Notes

### Amendments

[45 FR 48104, July 18, 1980, as amended at 82 FR 29384, June 29, 2017]

### Authority

Authority: 28 U.S.C. 2671-2680, 51 U.S.C. 20113(m), and 28 CFR part 14.

### Authority

Authority: Subparts 1261.4, 1261.5, and 1261.6 issued under 51 U.S.C. 20113; 31 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.; 5 U.S.C. 5514; 31 CFR parts 900 through 904; 5 CFR part 550, subpart K, §§ 550.1101 through 550.1107.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 48104, July 18, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[45 FR 48104, July 18, 1980, as amended at 82 FR 29384, June 29, 2017]