---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 842.37"
title: "32"
number: "842.37"
heading: "Who are proper claimants."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/842.37"
---

# §842.37. Who are proper claimants.

- (a) **Citizens and inhabitants of the United States.** U.S. inhabitants includes dependents of the U.S. military personnel and federal civilian employees temporarily outside the U.S. for purposes of U.S. Government service.
- (b) U.S. military personnel and civilian employees. Note: These personnel are not proper claimants for claims for personal injury or death that occurred incident to their service.
- (c) Foreign military personnel when the damage or injury occurs in the U.S. Do not pay for claims under the Military Claims Act (MCA) for personal injury or death of a foreign military personnel that occurred incident to their service.
- (d) **States, state agencies, counties, or municipalities, or their political subdivisions.**
- (e) **Subrogees of proper claimants to the extent they have paid for the claim in question.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[81 FR 83690, Nov. 22, 2016]

### Source

Source: 55 FR 2809, Jan. 29, 1990. Redesignated at 81 FR 83690, 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

[81 FR 83690, Nov. 22, 2016]