---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 362.11"
title: "20"
number: "362.11"
heading: "Principal types of claims not allowable."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/362.11"
---

# §362.11. Principal types of claims not allowable.

- (a) Claims will be disallowed when:
  - (1) The personal property was lost, stolen or damaged prior to August 31, 1964;
  - (2) The loss or damage totals less than $5 or, to the extent of the excess, more than the maximum amount provided in section 241(b)(1) of [title 31](/cfr/31.md) of the U.S. Code;
  - (3) The loss or damage was caused, at least in part, by the negligence of the employee or his agent;
  - (4) The personal property was acquired, possessed or transported in violation of law or regulation;
  - (5) The personal property was brought into Board offices for temporary storage in anticipation of delivery to another person or removal to another location;
  - (6) The personal property lost or damaged was food-stuffs or furniture;
- (b) Claims which will ordinarily not be allowed include, but are not limited to, claims for:
  - (1) Money or currency, except when lost in a common or natural disaster;
  - (2) Articles of extraordinary value;
  - (3) Articles being worn (unless allowable under [§ 362.10](/cfr/20/362.10.md));
  - (4) Intangible property, such as bank books, checks, notes, stock certificates, money orders or travelers' checks;
  - (5) Property owned by the United States, unless the employee is financially responsible for it to another U.S. Government agency;
  - (6) Losses of insurers or subrogees and those losses recoverable from an insurer or carrier;
  - (7) Losses or damages sustained in quarters not assigned or otherwise provided in kind by the Board;
  - (8) Losses recoverable or recovered pursuant to contract;
  - (9) Loss or damage to any vehicle used for transportation or in transportation (unless allowable under [§ 362.10](/cfr/20/362.10.md)).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 3(a), Pub. L. 88-558, 78 Stat. 767 (31 U.S.C. 241(b)(1)), unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 57709, Aug. 29, 1980, unless otherwise noted.