---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 842.126"
title: "32"
number: "842.126"
heading: "When authorized."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/842.126"
---

# §842.126. When authorized.


Make advance payments only where all of the following exist:

- (a) The potential claimant could file a valid claim for property damage or personal injury under the Military Claims, Foreign Claims, or National Guard Claims Acts.
- (b) The potential claimant has an immediate need amounting to a hardship for food, shelter, medical or burial expenses, or other necessities. In the case of a commercial enterprise, severe financial loss or bankruptcy will result if the Air Force does not make an advance payment.
- (c) **Other resources for such needs are not reasonably available.**
- (d) **The potential claim equals or exceeds the amount of the advance payment.**
- (e) **The recipient signs as advance payment agreement.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[55 FR 2809, Jan. 29, 1990. Redesignated and amended at 81 FR 83701, Nov. 22, 2016]

### Source

Source: 55 FR 2809, Jan. 29, 1990. Redesignated at 81 FR 83701, Nov. 22, 2016, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 8013, 100 Stat. 1053, as amended; 10 U.S.C. 8013, except as otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 55 FR 2809, Jan. 29, 1990, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[81 FR 83688, Nov. 22, 2016]

### Amendments

[55 FR 2809, Jan. 29, 1990. Redesignated and amended at 81 FR 83701, Nov. 22, 2016]