---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 842.50"
title: "32"
number: "842.50"
heading: "Statute of limitations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/842.50"
---

# §842.50. Statute of limitations.

- (a) A claim must be presented to the Air Force within 2 years after it accrues. It accrues when the claimant discovers or reasonably should have discovered the existence of the act that resulted in the claimed loss or injury.
- (b) In computing the statutory time period, the day of the incident is excluded and the day the claim was filed is included.
- (c) **War or armed conflict does not toll the statute of limitations.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[55 FR 2809, Jan. 29, 1990. Redesignated and amended at 81 FR 83692, 83693, Nov. 22, 2016]

### Source

Source: 55 FR 2809, Jan. 29, 1990. Redesignated at 81 FR 83692, 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 83692, 83693, Nov. 22, 2016]